Why is it der Entwickler?
Entwickler 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 der
Meaning
[1] Profession: In the area of the (new) development of machines, methods or software, often an engineer
[1] Beruf: Im Bereich der (Neu)Entwicklung von Maschinen, Methoden oder Software tätige Person, oftmals Ingenieur[2] Subject: Chemical mixture for developing "analog" photos
[2] Gegenstand: Chemikalienmischung zum Entwickeln "analoger" FotosExamples
[1] Peter works as a developer in a software company
[1] Peter arbeitet als Entwickler in einer Softwarefirma.
[1] "No longer hobby programmers work on the software, but permanently employed developers of mostly large companies such as Microsoft, Google or Ibmä"
[1] „Nicht mehr Hobbyprogrammierer arbeiten an der Software, sondern fest angestellte Entwickler überwiegend großer Firmen wie Microsoft, Google oder IBM.“
More source examples (1)
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[2] With the help of the developer, Peter can make the photo visible
[2] Mit Hilfe des Entwicklers kann Peter das Foto sichtbar machen.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Entwickler | die Entwickler |
| Genitiv | des Entwicklers | der Entwickler |
| Dativ | dem Entwickler | den Entwicklern |
| Akkusativ | den Entwickler | die Entwickler |
Pronunciation
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