Breakdown of Die Lehrerin erklärt den Imperativ Schritt für Schritt.
erklären
to explain
den
the; (masculine, accusative)
Schritt für Schritt
step by step
die Lehrerin
the teacher (female)
Questions & Answers about Die Lehrerin erklärt den Imperativ Schritt für Schritt.
Why is Lehrerin used instead of Lehrer?
Lehrerin is the feminine form of Lehrer.
- der Lehrer = male teacher
- die Lehrerin = female teacher
German often forms feminine job titles by adding -in to the masculine form.
Why is it Die Lehrerin and not just Lehrerin?
The sentence uses the definite article die, so Die Lehrerin means the teacher.
German often uses articles where English might also use one, especially with normal countable nouns:
- die Lehrerin = the teacher
Without the article, Lehrerin would sound less complete in a normal sentence like this unless the style or context clearly allowed it.
What case is Die Lehrerin?
It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing the action.
Here, the action is explaining, and the teacher is the one doing that:
- Die Lehrerin = subject
- erklärt = verb
- den Imperativ = direct object