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Eine Seniorin liest den Kindern im Gemeinschaftsraum ein Märchen vor. A senior citizen reads a fairy tale to the children in the common room.

noun · C1

die Seniorin

[zeˈni̯oːʁɪn]

senior citizen, older woman

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Other Examples

  • Die Seniorinnen aus dem Erdgeschoss haben mir beigebracht, wie man Pflaumenkuchen backt.

    The older ladies from the ground floor taught me how to bake plum cake.

  • Kennst du die Seniorin, die jeden Morgen im Park Tai-Chi macht?

    Do you know the elderly woman who does tai chi in the park every morning?

  • Frau Hilde ist die älteste Seniorin im Lesekreis und zugleich die neugierigste.

    Frau Hilde is the oldest senior in the reading group and at the same time the most curious.

Grammar

Plural
die Seniorinnen 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 Seniorin die Seniorinnen
Die aufgeschlossene Seniorin lässt sich von einem Studenten Videoanrufe auf dem Tablet zeigen. The open-minded senior has a student show her video calls on the tablet.
Accusative wen? was? die Seniorin die Seniorinnen
Dative wem? der Seniorin den Seniorinnen
Genitive wessen? der Seniorin der Seniorinnen

How the Word Is Built

Senior root in suffix

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

Word family

der Seniordas Seniorenheim

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde brings the generations together

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