søster – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Noun: søster
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	søster
Pl.	søstrer

Definite

Sg.	søstera
Pl.	søstrene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like søster

syster, stesøster, stesyster, styksyster, styksøster, morsøster, farsøster, morsyster, farsyster, søster, halvsøster,

Etymology

From Old Norse systir (“sister”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Akin to English sister. See: Old Norse Nouns 'systir', English Nouns 'sister'.

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