søster

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsøsd̥ɐ]

søster c (singular definite søsteren, plural indefinite søstre)

1. sister (woman or girl having the same parents)

• “søster” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse systir (“sister”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).

søster m or f (definite singular søstera or søstra or søsteren, indefinite plural søstre or søstrer, definite plural søstrene)

1. sister
2. nurse, short form of sykesøster

• “søster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• syster

From Old Norse systir (“sister”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Akin to English sister.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsœstɛr/

søster f (definite singular søstera, indefinite plural søstrer, definite plural søstrene)

1. sister

• “søster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.