nurse
noun
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- A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
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Krankenschwester,
Krankenpfleger
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- A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
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Kinderfrau,
Kindermädchen
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nurse
verb
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- (transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
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pflegen
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- (transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
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stillen
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- (transitive, figuratively) To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.
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hegen
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- (transitive) To tend gently and with extra care.
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hätscheln
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- (transitive, informal) To drink (a beverage) slowly, so as to make it last.
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saugen
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nursing
noun
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- The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
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Krankenpflege
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