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Pflegemutter
foster mother
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German
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Pfle·ge·mut·ter <-, -mütter> N f
Pflegemutter
Pfle·ge·va·ter <-s, -väter> N m
English
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German
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Pflegemutter f <-, -mütter>
Pflegevater m <-s, -väter>
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Trotz seines Pflegevaters gibt er sein Geld immer wieder für Glücksbringer und Lottoscheine aus.
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Nach seiner Volksschulzeit ging er bei seinem Pflegevater in die Lehre eines Seifensieders.
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Wegen seines Sprachfehlers wollte ihn sein Pflegevater nicht studieren lassen.
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Diese fühlt sich von den Briefen belästigt und sucht Rat bei ihrem Pflegevater.
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In der Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise war er weniger als Künstler als in der Tiefbaufirma seines Pflegevaters tätig.
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Der zweitjüngste Sohn Friedrich wird erst 1955 ( da ist er 13 Jahre alt ) mit dem polnischem Namen Stanislaw Loskiewicz bei einer Pflegemutter in Warschau entdeckt.
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www.bosch-stiftung.de
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The second-youngest son, Friedrich, is not located until 1955, when he is 13 years old and living under the Polish name Stanislaw Loskiewicz with a foster mother in Warsaw.
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Lieserl ist acht Jahre alt, als ihre Mutter sie zum letzten Mal auf dem Bauernhof in der Nähe von Novi Sad besucht, wo sie bei ihrer Pflegemutter Desanka, einer resoluten, alleinstehenden Bauersfrau aufwächst.
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www.gesehen-und-gelesen.de
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Lieserl is eight years old when her mother visits her for the last time on a farm near Novi Sad in present day Serbia where Lieserl lives with her resolute single foster mother Desanka.
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Vor fünf Jahrzehnten hat die junge Anita Utzinger als Pflegemutter Ursula in ihre Obhut genommen.
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www.swissfilms.ch
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Five decades ago she began caring for the young Anita Utzinger as a foster mother.
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Diese Route habe ich unserer „ Pflegemutter Perly ” gewidmet, die uns während unseres Aufenthaltes mit Informationen, frischem Lachs und bester Unterkunft versorgte.
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Thanks to Thomas ’ motivation I managed the redpoint the route just before our departure. WWe named it after our “ foster mother ” Perly, who provided us with everything and made our trip a great experience.
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Der Film begleitet Tibi auf der Reise nach Indien zu seiner Mutter – und besucht seine Pflegemutter im Zürcher Oberland.
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www.artfilm.ch
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The film accompanies Tibi on this journey to India to visit his mother, and also meets his foster mother in Zurich Oberland.
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