Nurse

"Nurse" in German

Kinderfrau

(person who takes care of other people's young)

Kindermädchen

(person who takes care of other people's young)

Krankenpfleger

(person trained to provide care for the sick)

Krankenschwester

(person trained to provide care for the sick)

hegen

(to foster, nourish, or entertain (an attitude))

hätscheln

(to tend gently and with extra care)

pflegen

(to care for (the sick))

saugen

(to drink (a beverage) slowly)

stillen

(to breastfeed (a baby))

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.