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babysitter
A person who looks after children for a few hours, usually for payment, while their parents are not at home.
Wir haben für Samstagabend einen Babysitter engagiert, damit wir ins Kino gehen können.
We hired a babysitter for Saturday evening so that we can go to the movies.
'Babysitter' is a loanword from English, made up of 'Baby' (baby) and 'sitter' (someone who sits/stays). It is fully established in German and is used like a German word.
Meine Nachbarin ist eine sehr zuverlässige Babysitterin.
My neighbor is a very reliable babysitter.
The verb 'babysitten' (to babysit) is derived from the noun 'der Babysitter' (the babysitter). Careful: although it ends in '-sitten', it is not a separable verb.
Morgen Abend babysitte ich bei den Nachbarn.
Tomorrow evening I'm babysitting for the neighbors.
Common verbs used with 'Babysitter' are 'einen Babysitter suchen' (to look for a babysitter), 'finden' (to find), or 'engagieren' (to hire). You can also say 'als Babysitter arbeiten' (to work as a babysitter).
Wir müssen für Freitag dringend einen Babysitter finden.
We urgently need to find a babysitter for Friday.
wet nurse / nurse
A Babysitter usually looks after children for a few hours while their parents are away. Amme can be used derogatorily to describe someone who treats another person, usually an adult, overprotectively and does everything for them. The key differences are therefore the duration and type of care and the age of the person being cared for.
Für den Abend engagieren die Eltern einen Babysitter für ihren Sohn.
The parents hire a babysitter for their son for the evening.
Paul ist erwachsen und braucht keine Amme, die ihm jede Aufgabe abnimmt.
Paul is an adult and does not need someone to do every task for him.
