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

