Why is it die Juristin?
Juristin 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 die
Examples
[1] "The law studies had been the fulfillment of her father Andrew had also had ambitions in this direction, but she herself had never considered becoming a lawyer."
[1] „Das Jurastudium war die Erfüllung ihres Vaters gewesen. Andrew hatte ebenfalls Ambitionen in dieser Richtung gehabt, sie selbst hatte jedoch nie in Erwägung gezogen, Juristin zu werden.“
[1] "She started studying art history, then changed and became a lawyer"
[1] „Sie begann ein Studium der Kunstgeschichte, wechselte dann und wurde Juristin.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Juristin | die Juristinnen |
| Genitiv | der Juristin | der Juristinnen |
| Dativ | der Juristin | den Juristinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Juristin | die Juristinnen |
Pronunciation
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