søster
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish systær, søstær, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, cognate with German Schwester and English sister (probably influenced by Old Norse). The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), cognate with Latin soror and Russian сестра́ (sestrá).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
søster c (singular definite søsteren, plural indefinite søstre)
- sister (woman or girl having the same parents)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “søster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse systir (“sister”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
Noun[edit]
søster m or f (definite singular søstera or søstra or søsteren, indefinite plural søstre or søstrer, definite plural søstrene)
- sister
- nurse, short form of sykesøster
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “søster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse systir (“sister”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Akin to English sister.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
søster f (definite singular søstera, indefinite plural søstrer, definite plural søstrene)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “søster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Family
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Family
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Family
- nn:Family members
- nn:Female family members