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Kantor

Kantor is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Kantoren

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Why is it der Kantor?

Kantor 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
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Meaning

[1] Music, religion: person who plays the organ in Christian or Jewish service and/or leads the choir

[1] Musik, Religion: Person, die im christlichen oder jüdischen Gottesdienst die Orgel spielt und/oder den Chor leitet

Examples

[1] Johann Sebastian Bach was the cantor of the parish of Stä Thomas zu Leipzig.

[1] Johann Sebastian Bach war Kantor der Kirchengemeinde St. Thomas zu Leipzig.

[1] "The cantor lowered his gaze and didn't ask any further" "

[1] „Der Kantor senkte den Blick und fragte nicht weiter.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kantor die Kantoren
Genitiv des Kantors der Kantoren
Dativ dem Kantor den Kantoren
Akkusativ den Kantor die Kantoren

Pronunciation

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