"שוועסטער" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃvɛstəʁ/ Forms: shvester [romanization], shvesterl [romanization]
Etymology: From Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Compare German Schwester. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|goh|swester}} Old High German swester, {{inh|yi|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{cog|de|Schwester}} German Schwester Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} שוועסטער • (shvester) f, {{yi-noun|dim=שוועסטערל|g=f|pl=שוועסטער}} שוועסטער • (shvester) f, plural שוועסטער (shvester), diminutive שוועסטערל (shvesterl)
  1. sister Categories (topical): Female family members Derived forms: שוועסטערקינד (shvesterkind), שטיפֿשוועסטער (shtifshvester)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for שוועסטער meaning in Yiddish (2.1kB)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "swester"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German swester",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swestēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swestēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schwester"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schwester",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Compare German Schwester.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shvester",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shvesterl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "שוועסטער • (shvester) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "שוועסטערל",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "שוועסטער"
      },
      "expansion": "שוועסטער • (shvester) f, plural שוועסטער (shvester), diminutive שוועסטערל (shvesterl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Yiddish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "yi:Female family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "shvesterkind",
          "word": "שוועסטערקינד"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shtifshvester",
          "word": "שטיפֿשוועסטער"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister"
      ],
      "id": "en-שוועסטער-yi-noun-GYDTkn8H",
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃvɛstəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שוועסטער"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "shvesterkind",
      "word": "שוועסטערקינד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shtifshvester",
      "word": "שטיפֿשוועסטער"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "swester"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German swester",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swestēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swestēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schwester"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schwester",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Compare German Schwester.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shvester",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shvesterl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "שוועסטער • (shvester) f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "dim": "שוועסטערל",
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "שוועסטער"
      },
      "expansion": "שוועסטער • (shvester) f, plural שוועסטער (shvester), diminutive שוועסטערל (shvesterl)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Yiddish feminine nouns",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
        "yi:Female family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃvɛstəʁ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "שוועסטער"
}

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