Why is it der Instrumentalist?
Instrumentalist 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 (professionally) plays an instrument
[1] Person, die (beruflich) ein Instrument spieltExamples
[1] "A positive record of the music weekend in the Czech Karlsbad are now drawing the instrumentalists from the wind orchestra of the Hanover Region Association" "
[1] „Eine positive Bilanz des Musik-Wochenendes im tschechischen Karlsbad ziehen jetzt die Instrumentalisten vom Blasorchester des Feuerwehrverbandes der Region Hannover.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Instrumentalist | die Instrumentalisten |
| Genitiv | des Instrumentalisten | der Instrumentalisten |
| Dativ | dem Instrumentalisten | den Instrumentalisten |
| Akkusativ | den Instrumentalisten | die Instrumentalisten |
Pronunciation
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