🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
Schwester
A1 noun Familie
🇬🇧 English: sister
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
noun

Weibliches Kind derselben Eltern.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A female person who has the same parents as you.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: feminin (die). Plural: die Schwestern.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: sisters. Common collocations: older sister, younger sister, big sister, sister-in-law (your spouse's sister or your sibling's wife). Informal: sis.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

'Sister city' refers to two cities in different countries that have a special partnership. 'Sisterhood' describes the bond between women who support each other. In a hospital, a 'Sister' (with capital S) is a senior nurse in British English.

Beispielsätze

Er lächelt seine jüngere Schwester an.

"Er lächelt seine jüngere Schwester an."

🇬🇧 "He smiles at his younger sister."

Seine Schwester liest ihm ein Buch vor.

"Seine Schwester liest ihm ein Buch vor."

🇬🇧 "His sister reads a book to him."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Er lächelt seine jüngere ___ an.

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