What does Kunsthistoriker mean in English?

In English, der Kunsthistoriker means “art historian”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Kunsthistoriker?

Nominative: der Kunsthistoriker. Accusative: den Kunsthistoriker. Dative: dem Kunsthistoriker.

Kunsthistoriker: der, die or das?

derKunsthistoriker

Art historian

maskulin · masculineCulture and artsLevel: Advanced

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

Kunsthistoriker: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Art historian
Topic: Culture and arts
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Kunsthistoriker take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).

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Kunsthistoriker in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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