Literaturwissenschaftler: der, die or das?
derLiteraturwissenschaftler
Literary scholar
Short answer: Literaturwissenschaftler takes the article der (der Literaturwissenschaftler). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “literary scholar” in English.
Literaturwissenschaftler: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Literary scholar
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Literaturwissenschaftler 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 →Literaturwissenschaftler in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Literaturwissenschaftler |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Literaturwissenschaftler |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Literaturwissenschaftler |
