caretaker
Someone who takes care of a place or thingSomeone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
» Tom is a caretaker.
Tom ist Hausmeister.
Meaning
2 sensesSomeone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.
Hausmeister, Pfleger, Pflegerin
смотри́тельsmotrítelʹ, смотри́тельницаsmotrítelʹnica, сто́рожstórož
(uncommon)Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).
a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
Examples
34 sentencesTom is a caretaker.
deTom ist Hausmeister.
Tom isn't a caretaker.
deTom ist kein Hausmeister.
Paul works as a school caretaker.
dePaul arbeitet als Hausmeister einer Schule.
The caretaker's office is in the mezzanine.
deDer Hausmeister hat sein Büro im Zwischengeschoß.
Yanni became the caretaker of his partner.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From care + taker.From care + taker.
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Forms
plural: caretakers| Singular | caretaker |
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