Why is it der Laudator?
Laudator 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 der
Meaning
[1] person who praises another or an organization in a speech
[1] Person, welche in einer Rede eine andere oder eine Organisation lobtExamples
[1] "At the request of the Badische Zeitung, Peter Rottenecker and his colleague Reiner Richter had declared that there had actually been considerations to commit another laudator after Guido Wolf's freestyle to the CDU top candidate"
[1] "Auf Nachfrage der Badischen Zeitung hatten Peter Rottenecker und sein Vorstandskollege Reiner Richter erklärt, dass es tatsächlich Überlegungen gegeben hatte, nach der Kür von Guido Wolf zum CDU-Spitzenkandidaten einen anderen Laudator zu verpflichten."
[1] "Haber himself suddenly sat in many talk shows and was laudator with media and music prices"
[1] „Haber selber saß plötzlich in vielen Talkshows und war Laudator bei Medien- und Musikpreisen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Laudator | die Laudatoren |
| Genitiv | des Laudators | der Laudatoren |
| Dativ | dem Laudator | den Laudatoren |
| Akkusativ | den Laudator | die Laudatoren |
Pronunciation
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