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