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The article for

Poller

der Poller

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

Plural
die Poller

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

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Why is it der Poller?

Poller 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
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Shipping: Short stake to moor a ship

[1] Schifffahrt: kurzer Pfahl zum Festmachen eines Schiffes

[2] Road traffic: Small pillars with the purpose of locking an area for traffic

[2] Straßenverkehr: kleiner Pfeiler mit dem Zweck, einen Bereich für den Verkehr zu sperren

Examples

[1] The sailor attaches the thaw to the Pollerä

[1] Der Seemann befestigt das Tauwerk am Poller.

[1] "He pulls and pulls to fix the now tighter rope on a bollard"

[1] „Er zieht und zerrt, um das jetzt straffere Seil an einem Poller festzumachen.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In order to reach the night club, she had to climb over thick ropes attached to the bollards, on which dress and hair got caught"

[1] „Um den Nachtclub zu erreichen, mußte sie über dicke, an den Pollern befestigte Taue steigen, an denen sich Kleid un Haare verfingen.“

[1] "He stepped onto dock with the rope and threw it over a Pollerä"

[1] „Er trat mit dem Tau aufs Dock und warf es über einen Poller.“

[2] The driver overlooked the bollard at the Parking

[2] Der Fahrer übersah den Poller beim Ausparken.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Poller die Poller
Genitiv des Pollers der Poller
Dativ dem Poller den Pollern
Akkusativ den Poller die Poller

Pronunciation

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