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The article for

Insassin

die Insassin

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

Plural
die Insassinnen

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Why is it die Insassin?

Insassin 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Female person who is held captive

[1] weibliche Person, die gefangen gehalten wird

[2] Female person who is in something

[2] weibliche Person, die sich in etwas aufhält

Examples

[1] "The smartest among the inmates of the upper department was a counterfeit and businesswoman named Nelly Kerwinä"

[1] „Die schlaueste unter den Insassinnen der gehobenen Abteilung war eine Fälscherin und Geschäftsfrau namens Nelly Kerwin.“

[2] The three inmates came in the accident around the life

[2] Die drei Insassinnen kamen bei dem Unfall ums Leben.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Insassin die Insassinnen
Genitiv der Insassin der Insassinnen
Dativ der Insassin den Insassinnen
Akkusativ die Insassin die Insassinnen

Pronunciation

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