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Lehrkraft

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Noun

die Lehrkraft

Pronunciation: /ˈleːrˌkraft/

professional teacher (at any level from primary school to university)

C2 rank #14,263 plural Lehrkräfte

Meanings

Noun
  1. professional teacher (at any level from primary school to university)

Example sentence

An der Schule fehlt seit August eine Lehrkraft.

The school has been one teacher short since August.

Word forms

singular die Lehrkraft
plural die Lehrkräfte

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Lehrkraft
Accusativedie Lehrkraft
Dativeder Lehrkraft
Genitiveder Lehrkraft

Plural

Nominativedie Lehrkräfte
Accusativedie Lehrkräfte
Dativeden Lehrkräften
Genitiveder Lehrkräfte

Usage

  • eine erfahrene Lehrkraft — An experienced teacher; the noun does not specify the person's gender.
  • die Lehrkraft / die Lehrkräfte — Singular and plural, with an umlaut in the plural.
Extra sentence

Jede Lehrkraft konnte eigene Unterrichtsmaterialien mitbringen.

Each teacher could bring their own teaching materials.