Why is it der Cellist?
Cellist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -ist der
Examples
[1] "Until cellists, cases, suitcases, boxes, bags are on the allocated floors, the time has come until everything has to be down again to reach the samples on time"
[1] „Bis Celli, Cellisten, Koffer, Kisten, Taschen in den zugeteilten Stockwerken sind, ist die Zeit gekommen, bis zu der wieder alles unten sein muss, um die Proben pünktlich zu erreichen.“
[1] "According to the reports handed down, the cellist was in the Bundeä"
[1] „Er war nach den mir überlieferten Berichten der Cellist im Bunde.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Cellist | die Cellisten |
| Genitiv | des Cellisten | der Cellisten |
| Dativ | dem Cellisten | den Cellisten |
| Akkusativ | den Cellisten | die Cellisten |
Pronunciation
In context
![[1] Cellist](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernst_Reijseger_5257427.jpg)
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