Why is it das Metier?
Metier ends in -er. Most nouns with this ending are masculine (86% take der), but Metier is an exception: das Metier.
The other -er exceptionsMeaning
[1] Work area that someone has learned
[1] Arbeitsbereich, den jemand erlernt hatExamples
[1] He knows himself in his profession
[1] In seinem Metier kennt er sich aus.
[1] "And because since the Middle Ages only Jews have been able to do such business for a long time, were kept away from trade and craft, the profession also provided common preliminaries for anti -Semitism"
[1] „Und weil seit dem Mittelalter lange Zeit nur Juden solche Geschäfte ausüben durften, vom Handel und vom Handwerk ferngehalten wurden, lieferte das Metier auch gängige Vorwände für Antisemitismus.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "These were the moments in which I was irrevocably understood that I was not a good for this profession"
[1] „Das waren die Augenblicke, in denen ich unwiderruflich begriff, dass ich für dieses Metier nicht taugte.“
[1] "Winnie, the photographer, had accepted the movements of her profession, a slightly casual, but always with the cleverly arrangede" "
[1] „Winnie, die Fotografin, hatte die Bewegungen ihres Metiers angenommen, ein klein wenig lässig, doch stets mit dem Ruch des klug Arrangierten.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Metier | die Metiers |
| Genitiv | des Metiers | der Metiers |
| Dativ | dem Metier | den Metiers |
| Akkusativ | das Metier | die Metiers |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary