pleegzuster
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈpleːxˌsʏs.tər/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A female nurse.
- A foster sister.
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish plegen (care for, commit, bedrive, practice) + Dutch, Flemish zuster (sister, nurse, nun).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
zuster
Gloss
sister, nurse, nun
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bloedzuster Dutch, Flemish
- couppleger Dutch, Flemish
- kloosterzuster Dutch, Flemish
- pleeggezin Dutch, Flemish
- pleegkind Dutch, Flemish
- pleegmoeder Dutch, Flemish
- pleegouder Dutch, Flemish
- pleegvader Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzoon Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzorg Dutch, Flemish
- plegen Dutch, Flemish
- pleging Dutch, Flemish
- plichtpleging Dutch, Flemish
- raadplegen Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- veelpleger Dutch, Flemish
- verplegen Dutch, Flemish
- zuster Dutch, Flemish
- zusterliefde Dutch, Flemish
- zustermoord Dutch, Flemish
- zusterpartij Dutch, Flemish
- zusterschap Dutch, Flemish
- suster Indonesian
- plien Middle Dutch
- suster Middle Dutch
- suster Afrikaans
- susa Tok Pisin