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The article for

Basketballer

der Basketballer

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

Plural
die Basketballer

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Why is it der Basketballer?

Basketballer 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] Sport: athlete who plays the basketball game

[1] Sport: Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt

Examples

[1] After a quick rotation, the basketball player was able to sink the ball in the basket

[1] Nach einer schnellen Drehung konnte der Basketballer den Ball im Korb versenken.

[1] "The American basketball player Zeke Upshaw died after a collapse in an NBA-G game"

[1] „Der US-amerikanische Basketballer Zeke Upshaw ist nach einem Zusammenbruch in einer NBA-G-Partie gestorben.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Trump also emphasized that he may-probably an allusion to the eternal discussion, whether Lebron James or Michael Jordan the best basketball player in NBA history Seiä"

[1] „Trump betonte außerdem, dass er Mike möge – wohl eine Anspielung auf die ewige Diskussion, ob nun LeBron James oder doch Michael Jordan der beste Basketballer der NBA-Geschichte sei.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Basketballer die Basketballer
Genitiv des Basketballers der Basketballer
Dativ dem Basketballer den Basketballern
Akkusativ den Basketballer die Basketballer

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Basketballer
[1] Basketballer Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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