Short answer: Sektor takes the article der (der Sektor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “sector” in English.
Sektor: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Sector
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Sektor take der?
Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 12 of 13 such words take der (92%).
See the article rules →Sektor in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Sektor |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Sektor |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Sektor |
