Breakdown of Die Mitarbeiterin sieht mein Armband und lässt mich durch.
Questions & Answers about Die Mitarbeiterin sieht mein Armband und lässt mich durch.
Because Mitarbeiterin is a feminine singular noun, so in the nominative case it takes the article die.
- der Mitarbeiter = the male employee
- die Mitarbeiterin = the female employee
Here Die Mitarbeiterin is the subject of the sentence, so nominative is used.
Yes. The ending -in usually makes a noun explicitly feminine when talking about a person.
- Mitarbeiter = male employee, or sometimes employee in a general sense depending on context
- Mitarbeiterin = female employee
So this sentence clearly tells you the staff member is female.
Because all German nouns are capitalized, not just proper names.
So in this sentence:
- Mitarbeiterin = noun
- Armband = noun
Both must begin with a capital letter.