Sister

"Sister" in German

Krankenschwester

(senior nurse)

Nonne

(a nun; a female member of a religious community)

Partner

(attributively: of an entity that has a special relationship with another)

Schwester

(woman or girl having the same parents)

Schwester

(a nun; a female member of a religious community)

Schwester

(senior nurse)

Schwester

(any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt)

Schwester

(form of address to a woman)

Schwester

(attributively: of an entity that has a special relationship with another)

Schwöschter

(woman or girl having the same parents)

aufdoppeln

(strengthen by fastening a second beam alongside)

verstärken

(strengthen by fastening a second beam alongside)

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