Why is it der Immigrant?
Immigrant ends in -ant, and almost all nouns ending in -ant are masculine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -ant der
Meaning
Examples
[1] Many immigrants live in Germany
[1] In Deutschland leben viele Immigranten.
[1] "This is how the American Wall is built bit by bit with the money of people who are all immigrants, apart from a few resourceful Indians in the tribe Hũahũvä"
[1] „So wird die American Wall Stück für Stück weiter gebaut mit dem Geld von Menschen, die alle Immigranten sind, abgesehen von ein paar findigen Indianern des Stammes Hũahũv.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "But Donald Trump continues to adhere to his election promise to create eleven million illegal immigrants from the country"
[1] „Donald Trump aber hält weiter an seinen Wahlversprechen fest, elf Millionen illegale Immigranten aus dem Land zu schaffen.“
[1] "But he put only an old Czech stereotype in his blow on the immigrants and colonists"
[1] „Aber er formulierte in seinem Hieb auf die Immigranten und Kolonisten nur ein altes tschechisches Stereotyp.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Immigrant | die Immigranten |
| Genitiv | des Immigranten | der Immigranten |
| Dativ | dem Immigranten | den Immigranten |
| Akkusativ | den Immigranten | die Immigranten |
Pronunciation
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