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Rektorin

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

Plural
die Rektorinnen

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Why is it die Rektorin?

Rektorin 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] Head of a school (primary, secondary, secondary or special school)

[1] Leiterin einer Schule (Grund-, Haupt-, Real- oder Sonderschule)

[2] Head of a university

[2] Leiterin einer Hochschule

Examples

[1, 2] The rector ceremoniously opened the new school canteen

[1, 2] Die Rektorin eröffnete feierlich die neue Schulkantine.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Rektorin die Rektorinnen
Genitiv der Rektorin der Rektorinnen
Dativ der Rektorin den Rektorinnen
Akkusativ die Rektorin die Rektorinnen

Pronunciation

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