Rule for feminine · die

The feminine suffix -in

-in (feminine professions) → die · 1.4%

The rule, in plain language

The suffix -in turns a masculine profession or nationality noun into its feminine form, and the result is always die: Schauspielerin (actress), Sängerin (singer, f.), Präsidentin (president, f.). The rule is very solid when -in is truly an added suffix (Schauspieler + in, Sänger + in), but not every word that happens to end in -in follows the feminine gender - our set has 13 such exceptions, including Verein (club/association), Termin (appointment), Stein (stone), Wein (wine) or Magazin (magazine), all masculine or neuter. So always check whether -in is added to a recognizable base word, not just whether it appears at the end.

In the A1-B1 vocabulary of the Genau course, this rule covers 34 words (1.4%) and has 13 exceptions - all listed below.

Representative examples

The exceptions

These contradict the rule - learn them as-is:

All course words that follow this rule

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