Short answer: Erreger takes the article der (der Erreger). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “pathogen” in English.
Erreger: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Pathogen
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Erreger 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 →Erreger in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Erreger |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Erreger |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Erreger |
