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Athener

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

Plural
die Athener

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

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Why is it der Athener?

Athener 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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Meaning

[1] person who lives in Athens or is born there

[1] Person, die in Athen lebt oder dort geboren ist

Examples

[1] "In the naval battle of Salamis, the small agile ships of the Athenians 480 Väch brought in a devastating defeat of the overwhelming Persian fleet."

[1] „In der Seeschlacht von Salamis brachten die kleinen wendigen Schiffe der Athener 480 v. Chr. der übermächtigen persischen Flotte eine vernichtende Niederlage bei.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Athener die Athener
Genitiv des Atheners der Athener
Dativ dem Athener den Athenern
Akkusativ den Athener die Athener

Pronunciation

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