Why is it die Kolonialherrin?
Kolonialherrin 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
Meaning
Examples
[1] "The unconventional colonial mistress brought snake skins from animals that Bror had shot"
[1] „Die unkonventionelle Kolonialherrin brachte Schlangenhäute mit, von Tieren, die Bror geschossen hatte.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Kolonialherrin | die Kolonialherrinnen |
| Genitiv | der Kolonialherrin | der Kolonialherrinnen |
| Dativ | der Kolonialherrin | den Kolonialherrinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Kolonialherrin | die Kolonialherrinnen |
Pronunciation
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