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The article for

Adapter

der Adapter

Adapter is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Adapter

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Why is it der Adapter?

Adapter ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -er
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der

Meaning

[1] Technology: Technical furnishings for adapting between two components to be connected with different interfaces

[1] Technik: technische Einrichtung zur Anpassung zwischen zwei miteinander zu verbindenden Komponenten mit unterschiedlicher Schnittstelle

Examples

[1] I need an adapter for this old turntable to connect it to the new stereo system

[1] Ich benötige für diesen alten Plattenspieler einen Adapter, um ihn an der neuen Stereoanlage noch anschließen zu können.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Adapter die Adapter
Genitiv des Adapters der Adapter
Dativ dem Adapter den Adaptern
Akkusativ den Adapter die Adapter

Pronunciation

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