Is it der, die or das Juniorin? – die Juniorin, plural die Juniorinnen

Why is it die Juniorin?

Juniorin 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] Economy: Daughter of the company owner

[1] Wirtschaft: Tochter des Firmeninhabers

[2] Sport, only plural: young athlete of a defined age group that varies depending on the sport

[2] Sport, nur Plural: junge Sportlerin einer festgelegten Altersklasse, die je nach Sportart variiert

Examples

[1] After the company's owner suffered seriously in cancer, the junior had to take over the company
[1] Nachdem der Inhaber des Unternehmens schwer an Krebs erkrankte, musste die Juniorin die Firma übernommen.

[2] "As a junior, she was already 279th place in the Women's World Rankings"
[2] „Als Juniorin stand sie schon auf Platz 279 in der Damen-Weltrangliste.“

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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "The exam in Oxford and her first competition as a junior about the Olympic distance at the elite haunted in the head"
[2] „Die Prüfung in Oxford und ihr erster Wettkampf als Juniorin über die olympische Distanz bei der Elite spukten im Kopf umher.“

Declension

1	Singular	Plural
Nominativ	die Juniorin	die Juniorinnen
Genitiv	der Juniorin	der Juniorinnen
Dativ	der Juniorin	den Juniorinnen
Akkusativ	die Juniorin	die Juniorinnen

Juniorin

Why is it die Juniorin?

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