Bewohner: der, die or das?
derBewohner
Occupant
Short answer: Bewohner takes the article der (der Bewohner). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “occupant” in English.
Bewohner: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Occupant
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bewohner take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).
See the article rules →Bewohner in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Bewohner |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Bewohner |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bewohner |
