Why is it der Nager?
Nager 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] More rodents live in big cities than human
[1] In Großstädten leben mehr Nager als Menschen.
[1] "A rodent pulled an adversary on a branch into his cave"
[1] „Ein Nager zog an einem Zweig einen Widersacher bis in seine Höhle hinein.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Nager | die Nager |
| Genitiv | des Nagers | der Nager |
| Dativ | dem Nager | den Nagern |
| Akkusativ | den Nager | die Nager |
Pronunciation
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