Why is it der Expressionist?
Expressionist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -ist der
Meaning
Examples
[1] "With the rediscovery of the Expressionists, my father would have liked to decorate himself"
[1] „Mit der Wiederentdeckung der Expressionisten hätte sich mein Vater gerne geschmückt.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Expressionist | die Expressionisten |
| Genitiv | des Expressionisten | der Expressionisten |
| Dativ | dem Expressionisten | den Expressionisten |
| Akkusativ | den Expressionisten | die Expressionisten |
Pronunciation
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