Breakdown of Die Lehrerin erklärt den Imperativ Schritt für Schritt.
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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.
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.
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