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