Why is it der Antwerpener?
Antwerpener 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] His business partner is Antwerpenland
[1] Sein Geschäftspartner ist Antwerpener.
[1] "Harder hit the Antwerpeners, who were shot at almost 1000 times, as well as the Londoners who had to suffer over the V2 terror over 400 times"
[1] „Härter traf es die Antwerpener, die fast 1000 Mal beschossen wurden, sowie die Londoner, die über 400 Mal unter dem V2-Terror leiden mussten.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Antwerpener | die Antwerpener |
| Genitiv | des Antwerpeners | der Antwerpener |
| Dativ | dem Antwerpener | den Antwerpenern |
| Akkusativ | den Antwerpener | die Antwerpener |
Pronunciation
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