Why is it der Initiator?
Initiator ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -or der
Meaning
[1] Initiator of an event, even in the broader sense the one who carries out/accompanies it
[1] Veranlasser eines Ereignisses, auch im weiteren Sinne derjenige, der es durchführt/begleitetExamples
[1] Who was the initiator of this development
[1] Wer war denn der Initiator dieser Entwicklung?
[1] Bob Geldof was the initiator of Live Aide
[1] Bob Geldof war der Initiator von Live Aid.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Initiator | die Initiatoren |
| Genitiv | des Initiators | der Initiatoren |
| Dativ | dem Initiator | den Initiatoren |
| Akkusativ | den Initiator | die Initiatoren |
Pronunciation
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