Why is it der Anhalter?
Anhalter 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
Examples
[1] Who was on the road as a hitchhiker
[1] Wer ist schon als Anhalter unterwegs gewesen?
[1] "The hitchhiker in the rearview mirror becomes smaller again and with it his raised manual"
[1] „Schon wird der Anhalter im Rückspiegel wieder kleiner und mit ihm seine erhobene Hand.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Anhalter | die Anhalter |
| Genitiv | des Anhalters | der Anhalter |
| Dativ | dem Anhalter | den Anhaltern |
| Akkusativ | den Anhalter | die Anhalter |
Pronunciation
In context
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