Pflegeschwester
[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʃvɛstɐ]
The verdict
“Pflegeschwester” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliches Pflegekind in einer Familie mit mindestens einem Kind
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflegeschwester · Pflegeschwester · German
Pflegeschwester · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflegeschwester |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʃvɛstɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflegeschwester“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pflegeschwester is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʃvɛstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Pflegeschwester in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pflegeschwester, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-S-C-H-W-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1weibliches Pflegekind in einer Familie mit mindestens einem Kind
- 2Schwester, die in der Pflege arbeitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pflegeschwester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eng, wenn auch nicht ganz so innig, war das Verhältnis zu ihrer Pflegeschwester, jener Waise, die nun auf den Namen Grete hörte und wohl ihr abscheuliches Säuglingsaussehen, nicht aber ihre starke Stimme verloren hatte.“
„Der schüchterne Musiker Sebaldus wird von Barbara, der Pflegeschwester der jungen Gräfin Dorothea Durande, zu deren Geburtstagsfeier auf das gräfliche Schloss eingeladen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.