Why is it der Kubikmeter?
Kubikmeter 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
Examples
[1] During clearing out, 10 cubic meters of garbage came together, which we now have to dispose of
[1] Bei der Entrümpelung kamen 10 Kubikmeter Müll zusammen, die wir nun entsorgen müssen.
[1] "2000 cubic meters of Rhine per second flow past Cologne around 700, in which floods from 1995 were even 11000 measured" "
[1] „2000 Kubikmeter Rhein pro Sekunde fließen an Köln vorbei; bei Niedrigwasser um die 700, bei dem Hochwasser von 1995 wurden gar 11000 gemessen.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "There are good news for all cities that are only just above the pollutant limit of 40 micrograms nitrogen oxides per cubic meter of air"
[1] „Eine gute Nachricht gibt es für alle Städte, die nur noch knapp über dem Schadstoffgrenzwert von 40 Mikrogramm Stickoxide pro Kubikmeter Luft liegen.“
[1] Schutt was the only thing that was more than plentiful in the rubble world that the war left: around 400 million cubic meters ""
[1] „Schutt war das Einzige, was es mehr als reichlich gab in der Trümmerwelt, die der Krieg hinterlassen hatte: rund 400 Millionen Kubikmeter.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Kubikmeter | die Kubikmeter |
| Genitiv | des Kubikmeters | der Kubikmeter |
| Dativ | dem Kubikmeter | den Kubikmetern |
| Akkusativ | den Kubikmeter | die Kubikmeter |
Pronunciation
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