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The article for

Maler

der Maler

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

Plural
die Maler
English
painter
Level
A2

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Why is it der Maler?

Maler 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] artist who paints pictures

[1] Künstler, der Bilder malt

[2] Craftsmen who, for example, strokes walls

[2] Handwerker, der beispielsweise Wände streicht

Examples

[1] Guernica is probably the most famous work by the painter PicassoÄ

[1] Guernica ist wohl das berühmteste Werk des Malers Picasso.

[1] "listen to, painter, sometimes a woman / without shirt, how God created her, / blonde hair, the braid solved, / with a cheeky flowers on the head" (original Venez.: "Senti, Pitor, Depenzimen Una Donna / Senza Camisa, Come Dio L'He Fata, / Cavei Biondi, E Colla Coa Desfada, / E Co Un Fioretto in Testa Alla Barona.)

[1] "Hör zu, Maler, mal mir eine Frau / ohne Hemd, wie Gott sie schuf, / blonde Haare, der Zopf gelöst, / mit einem frechen Blümchen auf dem Kopf." (Original venez.: "Senti, pitor, depenzime una donna / senza camisa, come Dio l’ha fata, / cavei biondi, e colla coa desfada, / e co un fioretto in testa alla barona.)
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The painter let Robert go with a visible attention on the right side"

[1] „Der Maler ließ Robert mit einer sichtlichen Aufmerksamkeit an der rechten Seite gehen.“

[2] Tomorrow the painters will come and renovate the apartment

[2] Morgen kommen die Maler und renovieren die Wohnung.

[2] "Ludwig Bertini seemed to take his job as a bricklayer, painter, installer and roofer very seriously"

[2] „Ludwig Bertini schien seine Aufgabe als Maurer, Maler, Installateur und Dachdecker sehr ernst zu nehmen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Maler die Maler
Genitiv des Malers der Maler
Dativ dem Maler den Malern
Akkusativ den Maler die Maler

Pronunciation

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