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Bischöfin

Bischöfin is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Bischöfinnen

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Why is it die Bischöfin?

Bischöfin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
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Meaning

[1] Religion, in individual Christian churches: female bishop

[1] Religion, in einzelnen christlichen Kirchen: weiblicher Bischof

Examples

In contrast to the Catholic, there are also bishops in the Evangelical Church

[1] In der evangelischen Kirche gibt es im Gegensatz zur katholischen auch Bischöfinnen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Bischöfin die Bischöfinnen
Genitiv der Bischöfin der Bischöfinnen
Dativ der Bischöfin den Bischöfinnen
Akkusativ die Bischöfin die Bischöfinnen

Pronunciation

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