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A woman who writes poems or other literary works of artistic merit.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff war eine bedeutende deutsche Dichterin des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was an important German poet of the 19th century.
The word is the feminine form of 'der Dichter' (the poet). The ending '-in' is used as standard in German to form the feminine form from a masculine personal or occupational noun.
Aus „der Lehrer“ wird „die Lehrerin“, genau wie aus „der Dichter“ „die Dichterin“ wird.
'Der Lehrer' becomes 'die Lehrerin,' just as 'der Dichter' becomes 'die Dichterin.'
'Die Dichterin' (the female poet) belongs to a word family around writing. The verb is 'dichten' (to write poetry), the result is 'das Gedicht' (the poem), and the male person is 'der Dichter' (the poet).
Schon als Kind liebte sie es, Gedichte zu dichten.
Even as a child, she loved writing poems.
A poet is often described with adjectives like 'berühmt' (famous), 'bekannt' (well-known), or 'modern' (modern). She 'schreibt' (writes) or 'verfasst' (composes) poems and 'veröffentlicht' (publishes) books or poetry collections.
Die junge Dichterin hat gerade ihren ersten Gedichtband veröffentlicht.
The young poet has just published her first poetry collection.
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'der Dichter' and 'die Dichterin' basically refer to the same activity: a person writes poems or other literary texts. The difference is gender and grammatical form. 'Der Dichter' is the masculine form. 'Die Dichterin' is the feminine form. Learners may confuse the words because they look very similar and sound almost the same. Pay attention to the article and the ending: 'der Dichter' for a man, 'die Dichterin' for a woman.
Die Dichterin schreibt oft über das Leben in der Stadt.
The poet often writes about life in the city.
Der Dichter trägt sein neues Gedicht vor.
The poet recites his new poem.