Declension of German noun Stiefschwester with plural and article

The most important forms of "Stiefschwester" are: genitive singular "Stiefschwester" and nominative plural "Stiefschwestern". The noun Stiefschwester is weakly declined. The endings are -/n. “Stiefschwester” is feminine. The article is “die Stiefschwester”. “Stiefschwester” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Stiefschwester but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · feminine · regular · -, -en-

die Stiefschwester

Stiefschwester · Stiefschwestern

Endings -/n   Shortening of plural endings to 'n'   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English stepsister

/ˈʃtiːfˌʃvɛstɐ/ · /ˈʃtiːfˌʃvɛstɐ/ · /ˈʃtiːfˌʃvɛstɐn/

[Menschen] Schwester mit einem oder auch keinem gemeinsamen Elternteil zu einem anderen Kind der Familie; Halbschwester

» Maria ist meine Stiefschwester . English Mary is my stepsister.

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Declension of Stiefschwester in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dieStiefschwester
Gen. derStiefschwester
Dat. derStiefschwester
Acc. dieStiefschwester

Plural

Nom. dieStiefschwestern
Gen. derStiefschwestern
Dat. denStiefschwestern
Acc. dieStiefschwestern
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Examples

Example sentences for Stiefschwester

  • Maria ist meine Stiefschwester . 
    English Mary is my stepsister.
  • Nein, Maria ist nicht meine Stiefschwester , sie ist meine Halbschwester. 
    English No, Mary isn't my stepsister, she's my half sister.
  • Aschenputtel hatte zwei boshafte Stiefschwestern . 
    English Cinderella had two evil stepsisters.
  • Ihr Verhältnis zu ihrer Stiefschwester wurde mit der Zeit immer besser. 
    English Her relationship with her stepsister improved over time.
  • Diese Geschichten handeln zum Beispiel von guten Feen und bösen Hexen, von sprechenden Fröschen und gestiefelten Katern und von tapferen Schneidern und faulen Stiefschwestern . 
    English These stories are about good fairies and evil witches, talking frogs and booted cats, and brave tailors and lazy stepsisters.
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Translation of German Stiefschwester

German Stiefschwester
English stepsister
Russian сводная сестра, сво́дная сестра́
Spanish hermanastra, media hermana
French demi-sœur, belle-sœur, quasi-sœur
Turkish üvey kardeş, üvey kız kardeş
Portuguese meia-irmã, meio-irmã
Italian sorellastra, sorella acquisita
Romanian soră vitregă
Hungarian mostohatestvér
Polish przyrodnia siostra, siostra przyrodnia
Greek ετεροθαλής αδελφή, θετή αδελφή
Dutch stiefzus, stiefzuster
Czech nevlastní sestra
Swedish stysyster, styvsyster
Danish halvsøster, stedsøster
Japanese 義理の妹
Catalan germana de llei, germana política
Finnish sisarpuoli
Norwegian stesøster
Basque urdin
Serbian polusestra
Macedonian постепена сестра
Slovenian polsestra
Slowakisch nevlastná sestra
Bosnian polusestra
Croatian polusestra
Ukrainian сестра
Bulgarian палавица
Belorussian свядроўка
Hebrewאחות חורגת
Arabicأخت غير شقيقة
Persianناتنی خواهر
Urduسوتیلی بہن

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Meanings and synonyms of Stiefschwester
  • [Menschen] Schwester mit einem oder auch keinem gemeinsamen Elternteil zu einem anderen Kind der Familie, Halbschwester
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Stiefschwester"

The noun “Stiefschwester” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Stiefschwester” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Stiefschwester" declined?

“Stiefschwester” is feminine. The article is “die Stiefschwester”.

Is “Stiefschwester” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Stiefschwester” is feminine. The article is “die Stiefschwester”.

What is the singular of "Stiefschwester"?

The singular of “Stiefschwester” is: die Stiefschwester. The singular forms are: die Stiefschwester (nominative), der Stiefschwester (genitive), der Stiefschwester (dative) and die Stiefschwester (accusative).

What is the plural of “Stiefschwester”?

The singular of “Stiefschwester” is: die Stiefschwestern. The singular forms are: die Stiefschwestern (nominative), der Stiefschwestern (genitive), den Stiefschwestern (dative) and die Stiefschwestern (accusative).

At what language level is “Stiefschwester” used?

“Stiefschwester” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Stiefschwester”?

The declension of Stiefschwester as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Stiefschwester is crucial.

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