E-Reader: der, die or das?
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E-reader
Short answer: E-Reader takes the article der (der E-Reader). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “E-reader” in English.
E-Reader: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- E-reader
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does E-Reader 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 →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture E-Reader as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “E-Reader” but “der E-Reader”.
