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The article for

Spitzenkandidatin

die Spitzenkandidatin

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

Plural
die Spitzenkandidatinnen

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Why is it die Spitzenkandidatin?

Spitzenkandidatin is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Kandidatin. So it’s die Spitzenkandidatin.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] At the top of an election list

[1] an der Spitze einer Wahlliste stehende Kandidatin

Examples

[1] The top candidate received a coarse back in the state election

[1] Die Spitzenkandidatin kassierte bei der Landtagswahl einen derben Rückschlag.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Spitzenkandidatin die Spitzenkandidatinnen
Genitiv der Spitzenkandidatin der Spitzenkandidatinnen
Dativ der Spitzenkandidatin den Spitzenkandidatinnen
Akkusativ die Spitzenkandidatin die Spitzenkandidatinnen

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