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The Dutch word for nurse is
verpleegster





nurse

Dutch Definition


nurse
     1. verpleegster, verpleegkundige
     2. borstvoeden, zogen
     3. verplegen



Translations for nurse and their definitions

borstvoeden
     1. to nurse


verpleegster ©
     1. n-f. nurse, sister (senior nurse)


verplegen
     1. v. to nurse


zogen
     1. v. to breastfeed, to suckle
           De zeug zoogt de biggetjes. - The sow suckles the piglets.
     2. v. plural past indicative of zuigen
     3. v. plural past subjunctive of zuigen


verpleegkundige
     1. n-m. nurse


verpleger
     1. n-m. nurse


vertroetelen
     1. v. to pamper, to coddle, to nurture


zoogmoeder
     1. wet nurse


min
     1. n-f. wetnurse
     2. n-f. maid, especially a nursemaid
     3. n-f. woman
     4. prep. minus
     5. adj. obsolete comparative of weinig; less, fewer.
     6. adj. few, little, (less common synonym of weinig.)
     7. adj. opprobrious, unpleasant
     8. v. first-person singular present indicative of minnen
     9. v. imperative of minnen


voedster
     1. n-f. (dated) a nursemaid
     2. n-f. a female rabbit; a doe


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