Why is it der Bestatter?
Bestatter 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
[1] Job description, entrepreneur who adds the deceased persons
[1] Berufsbild, Unternehmer, der verstorbene Personen beisetztExamples
[1] The undertaker picked up the late grandpa and transferred his body to the crematorium
[1] Der Bestatter holte den verstorbenen Opa ab und überführte seinen Leichnam ins Krematorium.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Bestatter | die Bestatter |
| Genitiv | des Bestatters | der Bestatter |
| Dativ | dem Bestatter | den Bestattern |
| Akkusativ | den Bestatter | die Bestatter |
Pronunciation
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