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The article for

Freshman

der Freshman

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

Plural
die Freshmen

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Freshman?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Freshman, so learn the two together: der Freshman.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] mostly US sports: person who is in their first year of a high school or a college or in a sports team of the same

[1] meist US-Sport: Person, die sich in ihrem ersten Jahr einer Highschool oder eines Colleges beziehungsweise in einer Sportmannschaft desselben befindet

Examples

[1] "In Barrett, Williamson and Cam Reddish, the Blue Devils had recruited the three best freshness in the country"

[1] „In Barrett, Williamson und Cam Reddish hatten die Blue Devils die drei besten Freshmen des Landes rekrutiert.“

[1] "As a 18-year-old Freshman, just a few months after his high school qualification, Lawrence Clemson led to the dominant victory over Alabama in the Championship Gamee" "

[1] „Als 18-jähriger Freshman, gerade ein paar Monate erst nach seinem High-School-Abschluss, führte Lawrence Clemson zum dominanten Sieg über Alabama im Championship Game.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Freshman die Freshmen
Genitiv des Freshmans der Freshmen
Dativ dem Freshman den Freshmen
Akkusativ den Freshman die Freshmen

Pronunciation

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