Die Reiseleiterin erklärt Lotte den Weg zum Museum. The tour guide explains the way to the museum to Lotte.

noun · B1

die Reiseleiterin

[ˈʁaɪ̯zəˌlaɪ̯təʁɪn]

tour guide

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Unsere Reiseleiterin kennt jede Straße in Porto.

Our tour guide knows every street in Porto.
Fragt doch die Reiseleiterin, wo man gut essen kann!

Just ask the tour guide where you can get a good meal!
Die Reiseleiterinnen tragen gelbe Jacken, damit man sie leicht findet.

The tour guides wear yellow jackets so that you can find them easily.

Grammar

Plural: die Reiseleiterinnen 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 Reiseleiterin	die Reiseleiterinnen	Unsere Reiseleiterin kennt jede Straße in Porto. Our tour guide knows every street in Porto.
Accusative wen? was?	die Reiseleiterin	die Reiseleiterinnen
Dative wem?	der Reiseleiterin	den Reiseleiterinnen
Genitive wessen?	der Reiseleiterin	der Reiseleiterinnen

How the Word Is Built

Reise root leit root er suffix in suffix

-er: a person or a tool that does something, masculine: mieten → der Vermieter (landlord).
-in: the female form of a person: der Lehrer → die Lehrerin.

A compound: die Reise + die Leiterin

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

der Reiseleiter leiten die Reisedie Leiterin

In Otti's situations: Lotte plans a trip abroad

das Abenteuer abenteuerlich der Aufenthalt das Ausland die Buchung entdecken das Fernweh der Reiseleiter das Reiseziel die Rundreise spontan unternehmen

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