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The article for

Rentnerin

die Rentnerin

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

Plural
die Rentnerinnen
English
pensioner, senior citizen, retired worker (female)
Level
A2

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Why is it die Rentnerin?

Rentnerin 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 no longer mostly employed and has a living from a pension, i.e. a legal or private insurance benefit, denies

[1] weibliche Person, die nicht mehr überwiegend erwerbstätig ist und ihren Lebensunterhalt aus einer Rente, also einer gesetzlichen oder privaten Versicherungsleistung, bestreitet

Examples

[1] She enjoys her life as a pensioner

[1] Sie genießt ihr Leben als Rentnerin.

[1] "Every evening, Aunt Dagmar got upset about the pensioners who only went shopping shortly before the shop closes when the working population had the end of the day"

[1] „Jeden Abend regte Tante Dagmar sich über die Rentnerinnen auf, die erst kurz vor Ladenschluß einkaufen gingen, wenn die berufstätige Bevölkerung Feierabend habe.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In the last years of crisis, Stavroula, who was now a pensioner, got less and less money from the state" "

[1] „In den letzten Krisen-Jahren bekam Stavroula, die inzwischen Rentnerin war, immer weniger Geld vom Staat.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Rentnerin die Rentnerinnen
Genitiv der Rentnerin der Rentnerinnen
Dativ der Rentnerin den Rentnerinnen
Akkusativ die Rentnerin die Rentnerinnen

Pronunciation

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