Kinderschwester
German, noun[ˈkɪndɐˌʃvɛstɐ]
Kinderschwester is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-S-C-H-W-E-S-T-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinderschwester is a German feminine noun meaning “nanny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krankenschwester, die für die Betreuung von Kindern spezialisiert ist”.
What does Kinderschwester mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenanny
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krankenschwester, die für die Betreuung von Kindern spezialisiert ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kinderschwester
- Kinderschwestern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kinderschwester?
- [ˈkɪndɐˌʃvɛstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kinderschwester in German?
Kinderschwester appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).