Why is it die Sportlerin?
Sportlerin 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
[1] Female person who regularly operates one or more sports
[1] weibliche Person, die regelmäßig eine oder mehrere Sportarten betreibtExamples
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Sportlerin | die Sportlerinnen |
| Genitiv | der Sportlerin | der Sportlerinnen |
| Dativ | der Sportlerin | den Sportlerinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Sportlerin | die Sportlerinnen |
Pronunciation
In context
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