Babysitter

See also: babysitter, baby sitter, and baby-sitter

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːbiˌsɪtɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Babysitter m (strong, genitive Babysitters, plural Babysitter, feminine Babysitter or Babysitterin)

1. babysitter
   • 2015 (originally in English 1987, first German edition 2010), Michael Lewis (English author), Angelika Bardeleben (translator), Wall Street Poker, 3rd edition, FinanzBuch Verlag (FBV) in München, p. 59:

     Sie war Babysitter und Programmorganisatorin zugleich.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Babysitter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Babysitter	die	Babysitter
genitive	eines	des	Babysitters	der	Babysitter
dative	einem	dem	Babysitter	den	Babysittern
accusative	einen	den	Babysitter	die	Babysitter

Related terms

• babysitten
• Baby

Further reading

• “Babysitter” in Duden online
• “Babysitter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache