Why is it der Doktorand?
Doktorand ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: der Doktorand.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
[1] Student who strives for the doctoral dignity
[1] Student, der die Doktorwürde anstrebtExamples
[1] The doctoral student is about to take the doctoral examination
[1] Der Doktorand steht kurz vor der Doktorprüfung.
[1] "How often that happened and how many doctoral students accompanied them to the drain may be left."
[1] „Wie oft das geschah und wie viele Doktoranden und Doktorandinnen er zum Dr. begleitet hat, mag dahinstehen.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "A Swiss doctoral student tweeted critically about Chinese afterwards his professor at the University of St. Gallen no longer wants to have anything to do with him - fears that she is no longer a visa."
[1] „Ein Schweizer Doktorand twittert kritisch über China. Danach will seine Professorin an der Universität St. Gallen nichts mehr mit ihm zu tun haben – sie fürchtet, kein Visum mehr zu bekommen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Doktorand | die Doktoranden |
| Genitiv | des Doktoranden | der Doktoranden |
| Dativ | dem Doktoranden | den Doktoranden |
| Akkusativ | den Doktoranden | die Doktoranden |
Pronunciation
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