Definition
A woman who uses a home or other premises in return for payment.
Translations
- English
- female tenant
- Français
- locataire féminine
- Türkçe
- kadın kiracı
- Polski
- najemczyni
- Русский
- квартиросъёмщица
- Українська
- квартиронаймачка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Mieterin
- A2
- Noun
- Home & Household
- People & Family
- Society & Public Life
female tenant
/diː ˈmiːtəʁɪn/
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
- Mieterinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimaryPeople & FamilySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Mieterin hat den Vertrag unterschrieben.NominativSing.The female tenant has signed the contract.
- Die Mieterin ruft den Hausmeister an.NominativSing.The female tenant calls the caretaker.
- Die Mieterin wohnt im zweiten Stock.NominativSing.The female tenant lives on the second floor.
- Der Vermieter ruft die Mieterin an.AkkusativSing.The landlord calls the female tenant.
- Ich spreche mit der Mieterin über den Vertrag.DativSing.I speak with the female tenant about the contract.
- Die Mieterinnen warten vor dem Büro.NominativPlur.The female tenants are waiting in front of the office.
- Der Hausmeister informiert die Mieterinnen.AkkusativPlur.The caretaker informs the female tenants.
- Die Verwaltung spricht mit den Mieterinnen.DativPlur.The management speaks with the female tenants.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Mieterin/ˈmiːtəʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Mieterin/diː ˈmiːtəʁɪn/
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Plural
Mieterinnen/ˈmiːtəʁɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Mieterin | die Mieterinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Mieterin | die Mieterinnen |
| Dativ | der Mieterin | den Mieterinnen |
| Genitiv | der Mieterin | der Mieterinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdie Mieterin informieren
- Prepositional constructionmit der Mieterin sprechenmit + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeine neue Mieterin
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedMiete — rent
- Semantically relatedMieter — male tenant
- Semantically relatedBesitzerin — owner
A Mieterin uses something on the basis of a rental agreement; a Besitzerin possesses it or owns it.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- MieterDerivational base
- -inSuffix