pleegkind

From plegen (“to care for”) +‎ kind (“child”).

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• Hyphenation: pleeg‧kind

pleegkind n (plural pleegkinderen, diminutive pleegkindje n)

1. a foster child, which is neither biological nor adoptive offspring but raised rather as if, temporarily or indefinitely

• pleegouder m
• pleegzoon m
• stiefkind n
• weeskind n