Definition
A female sibling, meaning a daughter of the same parents or of at least one shared parent.
Translations
- English
- sister
- Français
- sœur
- Türkçe
- kız kardeş
- Polski
- siostra
- Русский
- сестра
- Українська
- сестра
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Schwester
- A1
- Noun
- People & Family
sister
/diː ˈʃvɛstɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Schwestern
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- People & FamilyPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Meine Schwester studiert in München.NominativSing.My sister studies in Munich.
- Die Schwester hilft ihrem Bruder.NominativSing.The sister helps her brother.
- Meine Schwester wohnt in München.NominativSing.My sister lives in Munich.
- Die Schwester kommt morgen.NominativSing.The sister is coming tomorrow.
- Ich besuche meine Schwester.AkkusativSing.I visit my sister.
- Er hat eine Schwester und einen Bruder.AkkusativSing.He has a sister and a brother.
- Seine beiden Schwestern studieren.NominativPlur.Both of his sisters are studying.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Schwester/ˈʃvɛstɐ/
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Article phrase
die Schwester/diː ˈʃvɛstɐ/
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Plural
Schwestern/ˈʃvɛstɐn/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Schwester | die Schwestern |
| Akkusativ | die Schwester | die Schwestern |
| Dativ | der Schwester | den Schwestern |
| Genitiv | der Schwester | der Schwestern |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmeine Schwester
- Collocationdie Schwester besuchen
- CollocationSchwester und Bruder
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.