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The article for

Populist

der Populist

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

Plural
die Populisten

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Why is it der Populist?

Populist ends in -ist, and nouns ending in -ist are masculine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ist
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] person who is a supporter or representative of populism

[1] Person, die ein Anhänger oder Vertreter des Populismus ist

Examples

[1] Populists in the right political spectrum are more successful in Europe, in Latin America they are left of the Middle

[1] In Europa sind eher Populisten am rechten politischen Spektrum erfolgreich, in Lateinamerika stehen sie links von der Mitte.

[1] "Either the term populist is put in a new context, or it disappears completely"

[1] „Entweder der Begriff Populist wird in einen neuen Kontext gestellt, oder aber er verschwindet gänzlich.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Then the hour of the populist that still unknown could strike"

[1] „Dann könnte die Stunde des heute noch unbekannten Populisten schlagen.“

[1] "Robert Misik in the Berlin taz: Was the populist Haider gay or biodes and what does that matter to us?"

[1] „Etwas unsicher auch Robert Misik in der Berliner TAZ: War der Populist Haider schwul oder bi? Und was geht uns das an?“

[1] "The athlete Kohl has in common with the populist Haider: he made it to the top with half -truths and perfidious methods"

[1] „Eines hat der Sportler Kohl mit dem Populisten Haider gemein: Er hat es mit Halbwahrheiten und perfiden Methoden an die Spitze geschafft.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Populist die Populisten
Genitiv des Populisten der Populisten
Dativ dem Populisten den Populisten
Akkusativ den Populisten die Populisten

Pronunciation

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