How to Say “The Teacher” in Different Languages 👩‍🏫🌍

How to Say “The Teacher” in Different Languages 👩‍🏫🌍

🇩🇪 German:

Der Lehrer (male) / Die Lehrerin (female)

➡️ “Der/Die” are gendered articles (“the”). Used for schoolteachers; Der Professor / Die Professorin for university level.

🇫🇷 French:

Le professeur (neutral) / La professeure (female, less common)

➡️ “Le” for masculine, “la” for feminine. You can also say le prof / la prof informally.

🇪🇸 Spanish:

El profesor (male) / La profesora (female)

➡️ Used for teachers and professors. “El” and “la” are masculine/feminine articles meaning “the.”

🇹🇷 Turkish:

Öğretmen

➡️ Turkish has no gendered articles, so “the teacher” is just öğretmen — context gives meaning. Sometimes you might say öğretmen kişi (the teacher person) for emphasis, but it’s rare.

🇷🇺 Russian:

Учитель (Uchitel’) (male) / Учительница (Uchitelnitsa) (female)

➡️ Russian doesn’t use an article for “the.” So учитель means both “teacher” and “the teacher,” depending on context.