What does Schornsteinfeger mean in English?

In English, der Schornsteinfeger means “chimney sweep”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Schornsteinfeger?

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

Schornsteinfeger: der, die or das?

derSchornsteinfeger

Chimney sweep

maskulin · masculineHome and daily lifeLevel: Intermediate

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

Schornsteinfeger: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Chimney sweep
Topic: Home and daily life
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Schornsteinfeger take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).

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Schornsteinfeger in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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