Why is it der Kipper?
Kipper ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -er der
Meaning
[1] Commercial vehicle for transporting shallow material, the loading area of which can be tilted
[1] Nutzfahrzeug zum Transport von schüttbarem Material, dessen Ladefläche man kippen kann[2] smoked herring
[2] geräucherter HeringExamples
[1] To get the sand away, they demanded a tipper to
[1] Um den Sand weg zu bringen, forderten sie einen Kipper an.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Kipper | die Kipper |
| Genitiv | des Kippers | der Kipper |
| Dativ | dem Kipper | den Kippern |
| Akkusativ | den Kipper | die Kipper |
Pronunciation
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