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The article for

Banker

der Banker

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

Plural
die Banker
English
banker

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

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Why is it der Banker?

Banker 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
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Members of the banking economists banker

[1] Angehöriger der Bankenwirtschaft; Bankfachmann

Examples

[1] Some bankers have granted loans too carelessly and thus triggered a crisis

[1] Manche Banker haben zu leichtfertig Kredite vergeben und damit eine Krise ausgelöst.

[1] "He was still one of the bankers, not one of the bankers: Guth, nephew Ludwig Erhards, shaped the image of Deutsche Banker for decades"

[1] „Er gehörte noch zu den Bankiers, nicht zu den Bankern: Guth, Neffe Ludwig Erhards, prägte über Jahrzehnte das Bild der Deutschen Bank.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "A banker told me that the tightness at the bank in the sniffed suit are not necessarily well looked at from the outset"

[1] „Ein Banker erzählte mir, daß die im geschniegelten Anzug bei der Bank nicht unbedingt von vornherein gut angesehen sind.“

[1] "And from Göttingen and Frankfurt the bankers are looking for the new capital"

[1] „Und von Göttingen und Frankfurt aus suchen die Banker die neue Hauptstadt heim.“

[1] "For a while, Leopold receives loans from friendly bankers - until they refuse to make fresh money available to him"

[1] „Eine Weile erhält Leopold Kredite von befreundeten Bankern – bis die sich weigern, ihm noch frisches Geld zur Verfügung zu stellen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Banker die Banker
Genitiv des Bankers der Banker
Dativ dem Banker den Bankern
Akkusativ den Banker die Banker

Pronunciation

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