Short answer: Dozent takes the article der (der Dozent). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “lecturer” in English.
Dozent: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Lecturer
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Dozent take der?
No suffix rule covers Dozent, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Dozent as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Dozent as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Dozent” but “der Dozent”.
