Why is it der Angreifer?
Angreifer 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 der
Meaning
[1] Someone who attacks
[1] jemand, der angreiftExamples
[1] The attackers were masked and fled towards the city center
[1] Die Angreifer waren maskiert und flohen in Richtung Stadtmitte.
[1] "It was the personal objects that finally gave the archaeologists the crucial indications of the origin of the attackers"
[1] „Die persönlichen Gegenstände waren es, die den Archäologen schließlich die entscheidenden Hinweise auf die Herkunft der Angreifer gaben.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Silvers satisfied humming told me that my attacker was dead"
[1] „Silvers zufriedenes Brummen sagte mir, daß mein Angreifer tot war.“
[1] "The Jerusalem Wall fell in 1967 when Israel fell the Arabic attackers behind the Jordan Trieb and East Jerusalem" "
[1] „Die Jerusalemer Mauer fiel 1967, als Israel die arabischen Angreifer hinter den Jordan trieb und Ostjerusalem eroberte.“
[1] "They held the attackers"
[1] „Sie hielten die Angreifer auf.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Angreifer | die Angreifer |
| Genitiv | des Angreifers | der Angreifer |
| Dativ | dem Angreifer | den Angreifern |
| Akkusativ | den Angreifer | die Angreifer |
Pronunciation
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