Why is it der Nationaltrainer?
Nationaltrainer 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
[1] Sport: coach of a selection team of a country (national team, national team)
[1] Sport: Trainer einer Auswahlmannschaft eines Landes (Nationalmannschaft, Nationalteam)Examples
[1] "The Paulo Bento, who was appointed national coach almost a year ago, at least prevented the European Championship fiasco and led the selection of the poorest country of Western Europe to Poland and Ukrainee after considerable starting difficulties"
[1] „Der vor knapp einem Jahr zum Nationaltrainer berufene Paulo Bento verhinderte so zumindest das EM-Fiasko und führte die Auswahl des ärmsten Landes Westeuropas nach erheblichen Startschwierigkeiten noch nach Polen und in die Ukraine.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Nationaltrainer | die Nationaltrainer |
| Genitiv | des Nationaltrainers | der Nationaltrainer |
| Dativ | dem Nationaltrainer | den Nationaltrainern |
| Akkusativ | den Nationaltrainer | die Nationaltrainer |
Pronunciation
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