Why is it der Klient?
Klient ends in -ent, and most nouns ending in -ent are masculine: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -entMeaning
[1] person who is supervised/represented by another
[1] Person, die von einer anderen betreut/vertreten wirdExamples
[1] "Better information about Kohn's life than the list of current clients, however, gives his office" "
[1] „Bessere Auskunft über Kohners Leben als die Liste der gegenwärtigen Klienten gibt jedoch sein Büro.“
[1] "The individual was able to patron several clients or clients of several patrons"
[1] „Der Einzelne konnte Patron mehrerer Klienten oder Klient mehrerer Patrone sein.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Clients did not need to know how their lawyer really thought about the concerns they presented to him"
[1] „Klienten brauchten nicht zu wissen, wie ihr Anwalt über die Anliegen, die sie ihm vortrugen, wirklich dachte.“
[1] "She set my client Hörner Aufä"
[1] „Sie setzte meinem Klienten Hörner auf.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Klient | die Klienten |
| Genitiv | des Klienten | der Klienten |
| Dativ | dem Klienten | den Klienten |
| Akkusativ | den Klienten | die Klienten |
Pronunciation
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