Why is it der Gerber?

Gerber 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] Profession: Personal, who professionally tanned, animal skins into leather

[1] Beruf: Person, die beruflich gerbt, Tierhäute zu Leder verarbeitet

Examples

[1] Although the tanner turmoil every day, he was also tanned in the evening after visiting the pub

[1] Obwohl der Gerber tagtäglich Felle gerbt, wurde ihm abends nach dem Kneipenbesuch auch das seinige gegerbt.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gerber die Gerber
Genitiv des Gerbers der Gerber
Dativ dem Gerber den Gerbern
Akkusativ den Gerber die Gerber

Pronunciation

In context

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