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The article for

Biber

der Biber

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

Plural
die Biber

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Why is it der Biber?

Biber 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] Zoology: Animal family belonging to the rodents (only plural)

[1] Zoologie: zu den Nagetieren gehörende Tierfamilie (nur Plural)

[2] Zoology: Representative from [1], which has a spindle -shaped up to 1.40 m long body with a brown fur, a wide, blown -off, covered with leather -like skin and light -hearted tail and floating skins

[2] Zoologie: Vertreter aus [1], das einen spindelförmigen bis 1,40 m langen Körper mit braunem Fell, einen breiten, abgeplatteten, mit lederartiger Haut bedeckten und unbehaarten Schwanz und Schwimmhäute hat

Examples

[1] Beaver is only available on the northern hemisphere

[1] Biber gibt es nur auf der Nordhalbkugel.

[1] The beaver liked the tree

[1] Der Biber hat den Baum gefällt.
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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Biber die Biber
Genitiv des Bibers der Biber
Dativ dem Biber den Bibern
Akkusativ den Biber die Biber

Pronunciation

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