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Chauffeur

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

Plural
die Chauffeure

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Why is it der Chauffeur?

Chauffeur ends in -eur, and almost all nouns ending in -eur are masculine: in a German dictionary, 96% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -eur
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Meaning

[1] Someone whose profession is to promote people (especially by car, but also by bus, train and similar) similar: carriage

[1] jemand, dessen Beruf es ist, Personen zu befördern (vor allem mit dem Auto, aber auch mit dem Bus, Zug und Ähnlichem); früher: Kutscher

Examples

[1] A chauffeur picked up the guests at the airport and brought them to their hotel

[1] Ein Chauffeur holte die Gäste am Flughafen ab und brachte sie in ihr Hotel.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Chauffeur die Chauffeure
Genitiv des Chauffeurs der Chauffeure
Dativ dem Chauffeur den Chauffeuren
Akkusativ den Chauffeur die Chauffeure

Pronunciation

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