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Schauspieler: der, die or das?

derSchauspieler

Actor

maskulin · masculineCulture and artsLevel: Beginner

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

Schauspieler: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Actor
Topic
Culture and arts
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Schauspieler 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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Schauspieler in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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