Headhunter: der, die or das?
derHeadhunter
Headhunter
Short answer: Headhunter takes the article der (der Headhunter). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “headhunter” in English.
Headhunter: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Headhunter
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Headhunter take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Headhunter in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Headhunter |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Headhunter |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Headhunter |
