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Einzelhändler: der, die or das?

derEinzelhändler

Retailer

maskulin · masculineShopping and moneyLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Einzelhändler takes the article der (der Einzelhändler). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “retailer” in English.

Einzelhändler: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Retailer
Topic
Shopping and money
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Einzelhändler take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).

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Einzelhändler in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Einzelhändler
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Einzelhändler
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Einzelhändler

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