Definition
A woman who lives permanently in a town, municipality, or country.
Translations
- English
- female resident
- Français
- habitante
- Türkçe
- kadın sakin
- Polski
- mieszkanka
- Русский
- жительница
- Українська
- мешканка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Einwohnerin
- A2
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- City & Places
- Countries & Cultures
female resident
/diː ˈaɪnvoːnəʁɪn/
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
- Einwohnerinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryCity & PlacesCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Jede Einwohnerin kann an der Wahl teilnehmen.NominativSing.Every female resident can take part in the election.
- Die Stadt unterstützt jede Einwohnerin.AkkusativSing.The city supports every female resident.
- Die Gemeinde hilft der Einwohnerin bei der Anmeldung.DativSing.The municipality helps the female resident with registration.
- Die Rechte der Einwohnerin sind gesetzlich geschützt.GenitivSing.The female resident’s rights are protected by law.
- Die Einwohnerinnen wohnen dauerhaft in der Stadt.NominativPlur.The female residents live permanently in the city.
- Die Stadt begrüßt die neuen Einwohnerinnen.AkkusativPlur.The city welcomes the new female residents.
- Die Gemeinde bietet den Einwohnerinnen Beratung an.DativPlur.The municipality offers the female residents advice.
- Die Interessen der Einwohnerinnen werden berücksichtigt.GenitivPlur.The interests of the female residents are taken into account.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Einwohnerin/ˈaɪnvoːnəʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Einwohnerin/diː ˈaɪnvoːnəʁɪn/
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Plural
Einwohnerinnen/ˈaɪnvoːnəʁɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Einwohnerin | die Einwohnerinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Einwohnerin | die Einwohnerinnen |
| Dativ | der Einwohnerin | den Einwohnerinnen |
| Genitiv | der Einwohnerin | der Einwohnerinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationals Einwohnerin gemeldet sein
- Adjective combinationneue Einwohnerin der Stadt
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Einwohnerin sprechenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Einwohnerin lebt seit Jahren in der Gemeinde.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymBewohnerin — female resident
Bewohnerin usually refers to a person in a specific building or area; Einwohnerin tends to refer to a city, municipality, or country.
- Easily confused withBürgerin — female citizen
A Bürgerin is legally a member of a state or municipality; Einwohnerin more generally refers to a woman living there.
- Broader termPerson — person
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- EinwohnerOther
- -inSuffix
„Einwohnerin“ is synchronically derived from „Einwohner“ with the feminine suffix „-in“.