Schaffner: der, die or das?
derSchaffner
Conductor
Short answer: Schaffner takes the article der (der Schaffner). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “conductor” in English.
Schaffner: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Conductor
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schaffner 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 →Schaffner in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schaffner |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schaffner |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schaffner |
