Why is it der Distributor?
Distributor ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -or der
Meaning
[1] Sales Society
[1] VertriebsgesellschaftExamples
[1] The distributor was bribed, hence the control necessary
[1] Der Distributor war bestochen, daher die Kontrolle notwendig.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Distributor | die Distributoren |
| Genitiv | des Distributors | der Distributoren |
| Dativ | dem Distributor | den Distributoren |
| Akkusativ | den Distributor | die Distributoren |
Pronunciation
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