Definition
A woman who plans and develops technical devices, machines, structures, or processes.
Translations
- English
- female engineer
- Français
- ingénieure
- Türkçe
- kadın mühendis
- Polski
- inżynierka
- Русский
- женщина-инженер
- Українська
- жінка-інженер
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Ingenieurin
- A2
- Noun
- Work & Professions
female engineer
/diː ɪnʒeˈni̯øːʁɪn/
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
- Ingenieurinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Ingenieurin entwickelt eine neue Maschine.NominativSing.The engineer is developing a new machine.
- Unsere Ingenieurin prüft den technischen Plan.NominativSing.Our engineer checks the technical plan.
- Wir fragen die Ingenieurin nach ihrer Meinung.AkkusativSing.We ask the engineer for her opinion.
- Die Berechnung der Ingenieurin ist korrekt.GenitivSing.The engineer’s calculation is correct.
- Die Ingenieurinnen arbeiten an einem neuen Projekt.NominativPlur.The female engineers are working on a new project.
- Das Unternehmen beschäftigt viele Ingenieurinnen.AkkusativPlur.The company employs many female engineers.
- Mit den Ingenieurinnen planen wir die nächsten Schritte.DativPlur.We plan the next steps with the female engineers.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Ingenieurin/ɪnʒeˈni̯øːʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Ingenieurin/diː ɪnʒeˈni̯øːʁɪn/
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Plural
Ingenieurinnen/ɪnʒeˈni̯øːʁɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ingenieurin | die Ingenieurinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Ingenieurin | die Ingenieurinnen |
| Dativ | der Ingenieurin | den Ingenieurinnen |
| Genitiv | der Ingenieurin | der Ingenieurinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Profession expressionals Ingenieurin arbeiten
- Profession expressionIngenieurin werden
- Collocationeine Ingenieurin fragen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Related termArchitektin — female architect
Both professions plan technical solutions, but they differ in their focus on buildings versus machines, structures, or processes.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- IngenieurDerivational base
- inSuffix