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sister-german

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
sis-ter-ger-man
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sister born of the same parents

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English sister germain, equivalent to sister + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French suer germaine and its etymon Classical Latin germāna soror.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sisters-german (plural) sister german (alternative)

Synonyms

full-sister

Questions

What does sister-german mean?
A sister born of the same parents
Where does sister-german come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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