Gärtner: der, die or das?
derGärtner
Gardener
Short answer: Gärtner takes the article der (der Gärtner). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “gardener” in English.
Gärtner: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Gardener
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Gärtner 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 →Gärtner in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Gärtner |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Gärtner |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Gärtner |
