noun
female lawyer, attorney (female)
B1
Female lawyer, attorney (female). Noun die Anwältin, plural Anwältinnen (adds -innen). Feminine form of Anwalt; formation involves suffix -in and umlaut on the stem (Anwalt → Anwältin). Declines regularly (die Anwältin, der Anwältin, den Anwältinnen). Used in formal/legal contexts. Commonly used to refer to female lawyers.
Examples
Die Anwältin beriet die Mandantin ausführlich.
The female lawyer advised the client in detail.
Die Firma ernannte die Anwältin zur Vertreterin, nachdem sie den Vertrag las.
The company appointed the female lawyer as a representative after it read the contract.
Unsere Anwältin wird den Fall übernehmen.
Our attorney (female) will take on the case.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a woman in a suit with a briefcase labelled 'Anwältin'.
Sounds like 'on vault teen' — picture a female lawyer standing proudly on a small vault.
Die Anwältin — feminine: 'die' for female professionals.
Notes
Feminine counterpart to 'Anwalt'. Plural forms and declension are regular for feminine nouns ending in -in.