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The article for

Ermittler

der Ermittler

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

Plural
die Ermittler
English
investigator

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Why is it der Ermittler?

Ermittler 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
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Person who conducts investigations/research

[1] Person, die Ermittlungen/Nachforschungen durchführt

Examples

[1] "But even more headaches, the investigators gave the contents of his pocket: there they found two paper sheets described - the only possible indication of the mysterious circumstances of this death" "

[1] „Noch mehr Kopfzerbrechen aber bereitete den Ermittlern der Inhalt seiner Hosentasche: Dort fanden sie zwei beschriebene Papierzettel - die einzig möglichen Hinweise auf die mysteriösen Umstände dieses Todesfalls.“

[1] "In dealing with witnesses, the investigators must be particularly careful"

[1] „Im Umgang mit Zeugen müssen die Ermittler besonders aufpassen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Ermittler die Ermittler
Genitiv des Ermittlers der Ermittler
Dativ dem Ermittler den Ermittlern
Akkusativ den Ermittler die Ermittler

Pronunciation

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