Why is it der Privatsender?
Privatsender 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] "The other day, when I couldn't sleep at night, I saw a documentary on one of the private venues"
[1] „Neulich, als ich nachts nicht schlafen konnte, sah ich eine Dokumentation auf einem der Privatsender.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Privatsender | die Privatsender |
| Genitiv | des Privatsenders | der Privatsender |
| Dativ | dem Privatsender | den Privatsendern |
| Akkusativ | den Privatsender | die Privatsender |
Pronunciation
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