Why is it der Individualist?
Individualist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -ist der
Meaning
[1] Person who claims as much independence in thinking and acting as possible
[1] Person, die möglichst große Eigenständigkeit im Denken und Handeln für sich beanspruchtExamples
[1] "Individualists have it much simple"
[1] „Individualisten haben es da wesentlich einfacher.“
[1] "The Finns are individualists, here too"
[1] „Die Finnen sind Individualisten, auch hier.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Individualist | die Individualisten |
| Genitiv | des Individualisten | der Individualisten |
| Dativ | dem Individualisten | den Individualisten |
| Akkusativ | den Individualisten | die Individualisten |
Pronunciation
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