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The article for

Atheist

der Atheist

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

Plural
die Atheisten

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Atheist?

Atheist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ist
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Person who does not believe in the existence of gods

[1] Person, welche nicht an die Existenz von Göttern glaubt

Examples

[1] Atheists do not believe in Gotte

[1] Atheisten glauben nicht an Gott.

[1] "I didn't know beforehand that we had so many atheists in Egypt"

[1] „Ich hatte zuvor nicht gewusst, dass wir in Ägypten so viele Atheisten haben.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The fact that Michnik describes himself as an atheist does not help him"

[1] „Dass Michnik sich als Atheist bezeichnet, hilft ihm nicht.“

[1] "Huxley did not become such a fervent Darwinian because he would have believed in Darwin's theory of the natural choice of breeding - he never believed it - but because Darwin obviously was atheist"

[1] „Huxley wurde nicht deshalb ein so inbrünstiger Darwinianer, weil er an Darwins Theorie von der natürlichen Zuchtwahl geglaubt hätte – er hat ihr zu keinem Zeitpunkt Glauben geschenkt –, sondern weil Darwin gleich ihm ganz offensichtlich Atheist war.“

[1] "Zumba Nuru is one of the few atheists of Ethiopia and probably the best known unbeliever of his national" "

[1] „Zumra Nuru ist einer der wenigen Atheisten Äthiopiens und der wohl bekannteste Ungläubige seines Landes.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Atheist die Atheisten
Genitiv des Atheisten der Atheisten
Dativ dem Atheisten den Atheisten
Akkusativ den Atheisten die Atheisten

Pronunciation

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