See zuster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester"
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"(female) nurse (woman who provides care for the ill)"
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"Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
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"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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{
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{
"word": "pleegzuster"
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{
"word": "tweelingzuster"
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{
"word": "verzusteren"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "zus"
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{
"word": "zusterliefde"
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{
"word": "zusterlijk"
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"word": "zusterschap"
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"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Caribbean Hindustani: sester"
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"2": "soster",
"3": "sester",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Caribbean Javanese: soster, sester"
},
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"2": "suster",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Indonesian: suster",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Indonesian: suster"
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"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"3": "suster"
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},
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
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}
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"2": "-s",
"3": "+"
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],
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},
{
"word": "verpleegster"
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{
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}
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