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die Anwältin

female lawyer, female attorney

Meine Anwältin hat mir gut geholfen.

My lawyer (female) helped me a lot.

Sie arbeitet als Anwältin für Familienrecht.

She works as a family law attorney.

als Anwältin arbeiten to work as a (female) lawyer She works as a lawyer in a large firm.

eine Anwältin beauftragen to hire a (female) lawyer We need to hire a good lawyer.

Synonyms: Juristin (female jurist), Rechtsanwältin

Derived from the masculine 'Anwalt' (lawyer) by appending the feminine suffix '-in', a standard pattern for professions in German.

Just like 'actor' becomes 'actress' in English, in German 'Anwalt' becomes 'Anwältin'. The '-in' suffix is your key to identifying feminine nouns for people.

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