Short answer: Autorin takes the article die (die Autorin). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “author” in English.
Autorin: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Author
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Autorin take die?
No suffix rule covers Autorin, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Autorin as something red.
See the article rules →Autorin in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Autorin |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Autorin |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Autorin |
