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The article for

Bäcker

der Bäcker

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

Plural
die Bäcker
English
baker
Level
A2

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Why is it der Bäcker?

Bäcker 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] Crafts: Craftsmen who produces baked goods such as bread, cake, etc.

[1] Handwerk: Handwerker, der Backwaren wie Brot, Kuchen usw. herstellt

Examples

[1] The baker bakes bread and Semmelnä

[1] Der Bäcker backt Brot und Semmeln.

[1] "I have never eaten Börek again, who would have had the quality of the unknown Belgrade baker"

[1] „Nie wieder habe ich Börek gegessen, der an die Qualität des unbekannten Belgrader Bäckers herangereicht hätte.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "So we dripped from the baker to the fruit and vegetable shop in the glowing heat and then to the grocery store and came out with more and more provisions every time"

[1] „Wir trippelten also in der glühenden Hitze vom Bäcker zum Obst- und Gemüseladen und dann zum Lebensmittelgeschäft und kamen jedes Mal mit mehr und mehr Proviant beladen wieder heraus.“

[1] "But the traditionally attacked bakers have developed defense jokes"

[1] „Aber die traditionell angegriffenen Bäcker haben Abwehrwitz entwickelt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Bäcker die Bäcker
Genitiv des Bäckers der Bäcker
Dativ dem Bäcker den Bäckern
Akkusativ den Bäcker die Bäcker

Pronunciation

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