noun
landlady, hostess
B1
Wirtin means a female host: landlady or hostess. Main senses: owner/manager of an inn, pub or guesthouse (landlady) and female social host (hostess). Feminine noun with plural Wirtinnen. Declines regularly (die Wirtin, die Wirtinnen). No special preposition or reflexive use; gender is die.
Examples
Die Touristen lobten die Wirtin, nachdem sie ihnen lokale Spezialitäten serviert hatte.
The tourists praised the landlady after she had served them local specialties.
Als Wirtin des kleinen Cafés kannte sie alle Stammkunden beim Namen.
As the hostess of the small café, she knew all the regulars by name.
Die Wirtin ist freundlich.
The landlady is friendly.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a woman behind the bar serving guests with a friendly smile — that's the Wirtin.
Wirtin is Wirt + -in (female) — sounds like the male form with a female ending.
Feminine: 'die Wirtin' — the -in ending marks a female person, so use die.
Notes
Wirtin is the feminine counterpart to Wirt and is commonly used for women who run pubs, guesthouses, or cafés.