Short answer: Pianist takes the article der (der Pianist). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “pianist” in English.
Pianist: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Pianist
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Pianist take der?
No suffix rule covers Pianist, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Pianist as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Pianist as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Pianist” but “der Pianist”.
