Why is it der Gießener?
Gießener 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] person who lives in Gießen or was born there
[1] Person, die in Gießen lebt oder dort geboren istExamples
[1] His great -grandfather was Gießene
[1] Sein Urgroßvater war Gießener.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Gießener | die Gießener |
| Genitiv | des Gießeners | der Gießener |
| Dativ | dem Gießener | den Gießenern |
| Akkusativ | den Gießener | die Gießener |
Pronunciation
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