søster

See also: soster

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsøsd̥ɐ]

Noun

søster c (singular definite søsteren, plural indefinite søstre)

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

Declension

Declension of søster

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	søster	søsteren	søstre	søstrene
genitive	søsters	søsterens	søstres	søstrenes

Further reading

• “søster” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• halvsøster
• lillesøster
• stesøster
• svigersøster
• søsterskip

 

Related terms

• bror
• datter
• far
• mamma
• mor
• pappa
• sønn
• søsken

 

References

• “søster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• syster

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsœstɛr/

Noun

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

1. sister

Derived terms

• halvsøster
• stesøster
• søsterskip

 

References

• “søster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.