syster

syster

1. Alternative form of suster

• søster

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

• IPA^(key): /²sʏstɛr/

syster f (definite singular systera, indefinite plural systrer, definite plural systrene)

1. sister (female with same parents)

   Eg fekk ei syster då eg var tre.

   I got a sister when I was three.

   Drikk so my’ du lyster, tunna hev ei syster

   Drink so much as you want, the barrel has a sister (a classic Norwegian drinking rhyme)

2. sister (a female member of a religious community)
3. a female nurse

• systerskip

• “syster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse systr, from Proto-Germanic *swistriz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏstər/

syster

1. indefinite plural of syster, alternative form of systrer

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

• IPA^(key): /²sʏsːtɛr/

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syster c

1. a sister (woman or girl having the same parents)
2. a nurse (in particular as address)
3. a nun; a female member of a religious community

• syrra (colloquial)

• syster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• styres, syrets