Schäferin

German

Etymology

Schäfer (“shepherd”) +‎ -in

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛːfɐʁɪn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːfɐʁɪn/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Schä‧fe‧rin

Noun

Schäferin f (genitive Schäferin, plural Schäferinnen, masculine Schäfer)

1. shepherdess

Declension

Declension of Schäferin [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schäferin	die	Schäferinnen
genitive	einer	der	Schäferin	der	Schäferinnen
dative	einer	der	Schäferin	den	Schäferinnen
accusative	eine	die	Schäferin	die	Schäferinnen

Further reading

• “Schäferin” in Duden online