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Pflegestufe

care level, nursing care grade

noun PFLE-ge-shtoo-fe Rare

Usage Note

Pflegestufe was the old German term for care grades (1–3), replaced in 2017 by Pflegegrad (1–5). However Pflegestufe is still commonly heard in everyday speech, especially among older speakers.

Examples

"Sein Vater hat Pflegegrad 3, früher hätte man das Pflegestufe 2 genannt."

Natural Translation

His father has care level 3; in the past this would have been called care grade 2.

Literal Translation

His father has care grade 3, earlier one would that care grade 2 have called.

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