Short answer: Skilehrer takes the article der (der Skilehrer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “ski instructor” in English.
Skilehrer: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Ski instructor
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Skilehrer take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Skilehrer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Skilehrer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Skilehrer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Skilehrer |
