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die Erzieherin

  • A1
  • Noun
  • Work & Professions
  • Education & Learning

female early-years educator

/diː ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːəʁɪn/

Meaning and translations

Definition

A woman with educational training who looks after and supports children or young people.

Translations
English
female early-years educator
Français
éducatrice
Türkçe
kadın eğitimci
Polski
wychowawczyni
Русский
воспитательница
Українська
вихователька

Grammar & classification

Article
die
Gender
Feminine
Plural
Erzieherinnen
Part of speech
Noun
CEFR level
A1
Morphology
Derived word
Topics
Work & ProfessionsPrimaryEducation & Learning

Usage examples

  1. Die Erzieherin bastelt mit den Kindern.NominativSing.The female educator does crafts with the children.
  2. Am Morgen begrüßt die Erzieherin jede Familie.NominativSing.In the morning, the female educator greets every family.
  3. Das Kind fragt die Erzieherin.AkkusativSing.The child asks the female educator.

Pronunciation and forms

  • Lemma
    Erzieherin/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːəʁɪn/
  • Article phrase
    die Erzieherin/diː ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːəʁɪn/
  • Plural
    Erzieherinnen/ɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːɐ̯ʁɪnən/

Declension / Forms

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativdie Erzieherindie Erzieherinnen
Akkusativdie Erzieherindie Erzieherinnen
Dativder Erzieherinden Erzieherinnen
Genitivder Erzieherinder Erzieherinnen

Usage and collocations

  • Collocationeine Erzieherin fragen
  • Collocationeine Erzieherin einstellen
  • Prepositional constructionmit der Erzieherin sprechenmit + Dativ

Semantic relations

  • Related termBetreuerin — supervisor

    A Erzieherin usually works pedagogically with children; Betreuerin rather emphasizes accompanying, supporting, and supervising a person or group.

Word formation and word family

Formation typeDerived word

  1. ErzieherDerivational base
  2. -inSuffix

Word family

  • Erzieher — male early-years educatorGender-paired profession