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Minotaur

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

Plural
die Minotauren

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Minotaur?

Minotaur ends in -ur, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 72% of -ur nouns take die, 18% take der, and 10% take das. So learn it with its article: der Minotaur.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Greek mythology: mixed creatures with a human body and bull's head

[1] griechische Mythologie: Mischwesen mit menschlichem Körper und Stierkopf

Examples

The myth of the Minotaur says that he was a half human, half bull, which was held in a labyrinth on the island of Crete

Der Mythos des Minotaurs besagt, dass er ein halb Mensch, halb Stier-Wesen war, das in einem Labyrinth auf der Insel Kreta gefangen gehalten wurde.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Minotaur die Minotauren
Genitiv des Minotaur der Minotauren
Dativ dem Minotaur den Minotauren
Akkusativ den Minotaur die Minotauren

Pronunciation

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