Meanings

1. 1

   creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables

   Arbeitgeber (“employer”) + -in → Arbeitgeberin (“employer (female person or sexless company)”)

2. 2

   archaicnames the wife of a person

   Pastor (“pastor”) + -in → Pastorin (“wife of a pastor”)

3. 3

   archaiccreates female personal names (for wives and daughters)

   Schwarz (proper noun) → Schwarzin (a female person with the name Schwarz, that is the wife or daughter of someone named Schwarz')