# -in

-in is a German suffix meaning “creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables”.

## In other languages

- Русский: суффикс существительных женского рода

## Suffix

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. _archaic_ names the wife of a person
   - Pastor (“pastor”) + -in → Pastorin (“wife of a pastor”)
3. _archaic_ creates 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')

## Suffix

1. -yne; -ine

## Suffix

1. A suffix found in place names of Slavic origin, especially in northeastern Germany

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/-in