Definition
A woman responsible for supporting, accompanying, and supervising a person or group.
Translations
- English
- supervisor
- Français
- accompagnatrice
- Türkçe
- danışman
- Polski
- opiekunka
- Русский
- куратор
- Українська
- кураторка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Betreuerin
- B1
- Noun
- Work & Professions
- People & Family
supervisor
/diː bəˈtʁɔʏ̯əʁɪn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Betreuerinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimaryPeople & Family
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Betreuerin organisierte einen Ausflug für die Gruppe.NominativSing.The female supervisor organized an outing for the group.
- Die Familie suchte eine erfahrene Betreuerin für das Kind.AkkusativSing.The family was looking for an experienced female caregiver for the child.
- Die Eltern vertrauten der Betreuerin ihre Tochter an.DativSing.The parents entrusted their daughter to the female supervisor.
- Die ruhige Stimme der Betreuerin beruhigte die Kinder.GenitivSing.The female supervisor’s calm voice reassured the children.
- Die Betreuerinnen planten gemeinsam das Ferienprogramm.NominativPlur.The female supervisors planned the holiday program together.
- Die Schule stellte mehrere Betreuerinnen für die Reise ein.AkkusativPlur.The school hired several female supervisors for the trip.
- Die Kinder folgten den Betreuerinnen zum Treffpunkt.DativPlur.The children followed the female supervisors to the meeting point.
- Die Aufgaben der Betreuerinnen wurden gerecht verteilt.GenitivPlur.The female supervisors’ tasks were distributed fairly.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Betreuerin/bəˈtʁɔʏ̯əʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Betreuerin/diː bəˈtʁɔʏ̯əʁɪn/
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Plural
Betreuerinnen/bəˈtʁɔʏ̯əʁɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Betreuerin | die Betreuerinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Betreuerin | die Betreuerinnen |
| Dativ | der Betreuerin | den Betreuerinnen |
| Genitiv | der Betreuerin | der Betreuerinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine erfahrene Betreuerin
- Profession expressionals Betreuerin arbeiten
- Collocationeine Betreuerin einstellen
- Verb constructionder Betreuerin vertrauen + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Betreuerin begleitet die Gruppe.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termLehrerin — female teacher
A Lehrerin mainly teaches at a school; a Betreuerin accompanies and supervises people or groups without necessarily providing instruction.
- Related termErzieherin — female early-years educator
A Erzieherin usually works pedagogically with children; Betreuerin rather emphasizes accompanying, supporting, and supervising a person or group.
- Broader termAufsichtsperson
Aufsichtsperson is the broader term for people with supervisory duties; a Betreuerin often additionally takes on specific accompanying and support tasks.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BetreuerOther
- -inSuffix
„Betreuerin“ is the feminine form of „Betreuer“ with the suffix „-in“.
Word family
- Betreuer — supervisor
- betreuen