noun
female leader, director
B1
Leiterin: feminine noun meaning ‘female leader’ or ‘director’, used for a woman in charge. Gender: die; plural: Leiterinnen. Regular declension (Leiterin/Leiterinnen). It’s the feminine form of Leiter; no special preposition. Use in context to distinguish manager, head or director roles.
Examples
Unsere neue Leiterin hat viel Erfahrung.
Our new female leader has a lot of experience.
Die Leiterin des Projekts hat das Team erfolgreich geführt.
The project manager successfully led the team.
Die Leiterin des Projekts stellt sich vor.
The project's director introduces herself.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a woman at a podium with a nameplate that reads 'Leiterin'.
Sounds like 'leader' with a feminine ending '-in'.
die -> imagine a female figure to remember feminine gender.
Notes
Leiterin is the feminine counterpart to Leiter and is used for women in leadership roles.