Why is it der Player?
Player ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -erMeaning
[1] Electrical engineering: A device that plays image and sound media
[1] Elektrotechnik: ein Gerät, das Bild- und Tonmedien abspielt[2] Software: A software that reflects image and sound media
[2] Software: eine Software, die Bild- und Tonmedien wiedergibt[3] Electrical engineering, software: Short form for devices and software [1, 2] that perform the task of [1, 2]
[3] Elektrotechnik, Software: Kurzform für Geräte und Software [1, 2], die die Aufgabe von [1, 2] erfüllen[4] Important person or company in a larger community
[4] Wichtige Person oder Firma in einer größeren GemeinschaftExamples
[1] Why don't you say playback device right away, I couldn't do anything with the term player
[1] Warum sagst du nicht gleich Wiedergabegerät, mit dem Begriff Player konnte ich nichts anfangen.
[2] Without the right player, the browser shows you nothing
[2] Ohne den passenden Player zeigt dir der Browser nichts an.
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[4] This company became a global player in the electronics industry
[4] Diese Firma wurde ein globaler Player in der Elektronikindustrie.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Player | die Player |
| Genitiv | des Players | der Player |
| Dativ | dem Player | den Playern |
| Akkusativ | den Player | die Player |
Pronunciation
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