noun
female perpetrator
B1
Täterin (die) means 'female perpetrator'—a woman who committed an offense or crime. Feminine noun with plural 'Täterinnen' (adds -innen). Declension regular for the -in suffix; genitive singular 'der Täterin'. Common in legal language, police reports and news coverage and formal registers.
Examples
Man verdächtigte die Täterin, weil Zeugen sie am Bahnhof sahen.
They suspected the female perpetrator because witnesses saw her at the station.
Die Täterin hat die Tat gestanden.
The female perpetrator confessed to the crime.
Die Täterin gestand die Tat.
The female perpetrator confessed to the crime.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a female figure labeled 'Täterin' in a news article illustration.
die = female article; imagine a woman to remember 'die Täterin'.
Notes
Täterin is the feminine form of Täter. Use it when the perpetrator is female or when gender is specified.