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The article for

Kläger

der Kläger

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

Plural
die Kläger
English
plaintiff, prosecuting party
Topic
Law

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Why is it der Kläger?

Kläger 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
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Legal language: someone who brings a lawsuit in court

[1] Rechtssprache: jemand, der vor Gericht eine Klage führt

Examples

[1] The plaintiff still has to pay the advance payment .

[1] Der Kläger muss noch den Kostenvorschuss einzahlen.

[1] "In the following case, however, the plaintiff at least received the prize for the strangest court case." [2]

[1] „Im folgenden Fall allerdings bekam der Kläger immerhin den Preis für den kuriosesten Gerichtsfall.“[2]
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] After the death of the old councilor, the plaintiffs paced up and down in front of his house for days

[2] Nach dem Tod des alten Ratsherren gingen tagelang die Kläger vor seinem Hause auf und ab.

[3] The injured party himself did not appear, but his plaintiff was present

[3] Der Geschädigte selbst erschien nicht, aber sein Kläger war zugegen.

[4] The nominative is the denominator, the genitive is owner, witness, the dative is the giver and the accusative is the plaintiff

[4] Der Nominativ ist der Nenner, der Genitiv Besitzer, Zeuger, der Dativ ist der Geber und der Akkusativ der Kläger.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kläger die Kläger
Genitiv des Klägers der Kläger
Dativ dem Kläger den Klägern
Akkusativ den Kläger die Kläger

Pronunciation

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