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↗ 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 |
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| Nominativ |
der Kantor |
die Kantoren |
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| Genitiv |
des Kantors |
der Kantoren |
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| Dativ |
dem Kantor |
den Kantoren |
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| Akkusativ |
den Kantor |
die Kantoren |
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Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary.
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