half sister – English noun declension

Noun: half sister

Singular	half sister
Plural	half sisters

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like half sister

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Etymology

From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”). See: Middle English Nouns 'halfesister', Dutch Nouns 'halfzus', German Nouns 'Halbschwester', Swedish Nouns 'halvsyster', Icelandic Nouns 'hálfsystir'.