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der, die oder das Enkelin?

die Enkelin

It's die Enkelin. Enkelin is feminine, plural die Enkelinnen.

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Plural
die Enkelinnen
Meaning
granddaughter
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Family & people

Example

  • Die Enkelin geht in die Schule.

    The granddaughter goes to school.

Why die?

-in die

Enkelin

Always 99.4% of the 471 common nouns ending in -in take die.

Add -in to a man's job or nationality and you get a woman: der Lehrer, die Lehrerin. Always feminine.

Exceptions der Muffin