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Is it der, die oder das Irrer?

DER

The correct article in German of Irrer is der. So it is der Irrer! (nominative case)

The word Irrer is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

  • for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

  • for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

  • for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Irrer?

How does the declension of Irrer work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

starke Deklination ohne Artikel
1 Singular Plural
Nominative Irrer Irre
Genitive Irren Irrer
Dative Irrem Irren
Akkusative Irren Irre
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1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Irre die Irren
Genitiv des Irren der Irren
Dativ dem Irren den Irren
Akkusativ den Irren die Irren
gemischte Deklination (mit Possessivpronomen, »kein«, …)
1 Singular Plural
Nominativ ein Irrer keine Irren
Genitiv eines Irren keiner Irren
Dativ einem Irren keinen Irren
Akkusativ einen Irren keine Irren

What is the meaning of Irrer in German?

Irrer is defined as:

[1] Today, casual, psychology and medicine outdated: (male ☆) person who suffers from a psychosis that is crazy

[1] heute salopp, Psychologie und Medizin veraltet: (männliche☆) Person, die an einer Psychose leidet, die verrückt ist

How to use Irrer in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Irrer with translations in English.

[1] Er fährt um die Kurven wie ein Irrer.

[1] He drives around the curves like an error

[1] Hör nicht auf ihn, das ist ein Irrer.

[1] Don't listen to him, that's an error

[1] „Seitdem lebte er als harmloser Irrer auf dem Hofe, den der jüngste Bruder antrat.“

[1] "Since then he has lived on the court as a harmless mistake that the youngest brother met"

[1] „Gegen Mittag blickte der Irre wieder über die Mauer.“

[1] "Around noon, the madman looked over the wall again"

[1] „Sämtliche Witze über Irre, die sich für jemand zwischen Napoleon und Hitler halten, sind ausgeschöpft.“

[1] "All jokes about insane that thinks for someone between Napoleon and Hitler are exhausted"

[1] „Zwei Irre lassen sich mit einem langen Seil an der Anstaltsmauer herunter.“

[1] "Two insane can be downhill with a long rope on the institutional wall"

How do you pronounce Irrer?

Irrer
Irrer

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