The German word for nurse is
Krankenschwester
Gender
The gender of Krankenschwester is feminine. E.g. die Krankenschwester. The masculine form is der Krankenpfleger.Plural
The plural of Krankenschwester is Krankenschwestern.German Definition
| nurse | |
| Substantiv: | |
| [1] Krankenschwester, Krankenpfleger |
Translations for nurse and their definitions
| Krankenschwester |  | ||
| n-f. nurse (female) | |||
| Stillen | ||
| n. (gerund of stillen); breastfeeding, suckling | ||
| n. plural of Stille | ||
| v. to nurse, suckle, breastfeed (a baby) | ||
| v. to quench (a need, e.g. hunger) | ||
| v. to ease (pain) | ||
| Pflegen | ||
| n. gerund of pflegen | ||
| v. (Providing care or service for someone/something.) weak verb | ||
| v. to nurse; to care for someone in poor health | ||
| jemanden gesund pflegen - to nurse someone back to health | ||
| Kranke pflegen - to care for the sick | ||
| v. to take care of, to tend to, to maintain | ||
| sein Äußeres pflegen - to take care of one's appearance | ||
| die Zähne pflegen - to take care of (one's) teeth | ||
| Der Gärtner pflegt den Garten. - The gardener tends to the garden. | ||
| Sie hat sich stets sehr gepflegt. - She has always taken care of herself. | ||
| Er setzte sich faul hin und pflegte sich. - He sat down lazily and looked after himself. | ||
| Daten pflegen - to maintain data (keep up-to-date) | ||
| v. # | ||
| v. (To improve or care for something in an intellectual sense.) weak or strong verb | ||
| v. to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain | ||
| Freundschaften pflegen - to cultivate friendships | ||
| Beziehungen pflegen - to cultivate relationships | ||
| Künste und Wissenschaften pflegen - to advance/promote the arts and sciences | ||
| v. # | ||
| # der Liebe pflegen - to cultivate/nurture love | ||
| # der Ruhe pflegen - to foster tranquility | ||
| v. (Expressing habituality.) weak or strong verb | ||
| v. to carry out regularly | ||
| Umgang pflegen - to regularly be in contact | ||
| Geselligkeit pflegen - to socialize regularly, lit=to regularly engage in gregariousness | ||
| v. to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to doing something); to be in the habit (of doing something) | ||
| Ich pflege zu laufen. - I usually walk. | ||
| Er pflegte zu reisen. - He used to travel. | ||
| Pflegerin | ||
| n-f. female equivalent of Pfleger | ||
| Krankenpflegerin | ||
| n-f. nurse (female) | ||
| hätscheln | ||
| v. to fondle, feel up | ||
| v. to pamper | ||
| Saugen | ||
| n-n. (gerund of saugen) | ||
| v. to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth) | ||
| an etwas saugen - to suck on something | ||
| v. to suck (something) | ||
| v. (colloquial) ellipsis of staubsaugen, (to vacuum) | ||
| v. (colloquial transitive Internet) to download something, especially illegally | ||
| v. (dated slang) to suck (to be inferior or objectionable) | ||
| Das saugt total. - This totally sucks. | ||
| Hegen | ||
| n. nurture | ||
| v. to cherish | ||
| v. to harbor, to have, to hold (e.g., doubts, a grudge, grievances) | ||
| Kinderfrau | ||
| n-f. nanny | ||
| Kindermädchen | ||
| n-n. (dated) nanny (female) (cf. männliches Kindermädchen) | ||
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