-in die
Softwareentwicklerin
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
der, die oder das Softwareentwicklerin?
die Softwareentwicklerin
It's die Softwareentwicklerin. Softwareentwicklerin is feminine, plural die Softwareentwicklerinnen.
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- Plural
- die Softwareentwicklerinnen
- Meaning
- software developer (f)
- In our course
- A1
- Work & jobs
Example
Sie ist Softwareentwicklerin.
She is a software developer.
Why die?
Compound noun
Softwareentwicklerin die
The last part decides the article: die Entwicklerin, so die Softwareentwicklerin.