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Die Doktorandin im Labor zeigt Lotte, wie man Baumrinde unter dem Mikroskop untersucht. The doctoral student in the lab shows Lotte how to examine tree bark under the microscope.

noun · C1

die Doktorandin

[dɔktoˈʁandɪn]

doctoral student, PhD student

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Other Examples

  • Wir suchen für unser Projekt eine Doktorandin mit Erfahrung in Statistik.

    We're looking for a doctoral student with experience in statistics for our project.

  • Kennst du die Doktorandin, die über die Linden in Berlin forscht?

    Do you know the doctoral student who's researching the lime trees in Berlin?

  • Lotte möchte als Doktorandin an ihrer alten Uni bleiben, zumal ihre Betreuerin dort lehrt.

    Lotte would like to stay at her old university as a doctoral student, especially since her supervisor teaches there.

Grammar

Plural
die Doktorandinnen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Doktorandin die Doktorandinnen
Die Doktorandin im Labor zeigt Lotte, wie man Baumrinde unter dem Mikroskop untersucht. The doctoral student in the lab shows Lotte how to examine tree bark under the microscope.
Accusative wen? was? die Doktorandin die Doktorandinnen
Dative wem? der Doktorandin den Doktorandinnen
Genitive wessen? der Doktorandin der Doktorandinnen

How the Word Is Built

Doktor root and suffix in suffix

-in
the female form of a person: der Lehrer → die Lehrerin.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte applies for a doctorate

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