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The article for

Helikopter

der Helikopter

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

Plural
die Helikopter

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Why is it der Helikopter?

Helikopter 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
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Meaning

[1] Aircraft, which is held in the air by one or more horizontal rotors

[1] Luftfahrzeug, das durch einen oder mehrere waagerechte Rotoren in der Luft gehalten wird.

Examples

[1] The president came to the conference with a helicopter

[1] Der Präsident kam mit einem Helikopter zur Konferenz.

[1] "Gyrocopter are wearing screwdrivers and in their way of working are a helicopter" "

[1] „Gyrocopter sind Tragschrauber und ähneln in ihrer Funktionsweise einem Hubschrauber.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The Federal Chancellery again proved to be a crowd puller, and the longest queue was regularly formed in front of the helicopter of the head of government" "

[1] „Als Publikumsmagnet erwies sich erneut das Bundeskanzleramt, und die längste Warteschlange bildete sich regelmäßig vor dem Helikopter der Regierungschefin.“

[1] "In the valley, the boy's mother from the helicopter arrived in the hospital"

[1] „Im Tal ist die Mutter des Jungen aus dem Helikopter im Krankenhaus eingetroffen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Helikopter die Helikopter
Genitiv des Helikopters der Helikopter
Dativ dem Helikopter den Helikoptern
Akkusativ den Helikopter die Helikopter

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Helikopter
[1] Helikopter Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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