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Konditor: der, die or das?

derKonditor

Confectioner

maskulin · masculineFood and drinkLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Konditor takes the article der (der Konditor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “confectioner” in English.

Konditor: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Confectioner
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Konditor take der?

Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 25 of 26 such words take der (96%).

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Konditor in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Konditor
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Konditor
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Konditor

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