Why is it der Programmierer?
Programmierer 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] Computer science: Author of a computer program
[1] Informatik: Verfasser eines ComputerprogrammsExamples
[1] A programmer writes a program
[1] Ein Programmierer schreibt ein Programm.
[1] The distinction from programmer to the software developer is fluid, sometimes the terms are also used synonymously
[1] Die Unterscheidung von Programmierer zum Softwareentwickler ist fließend, teilweise werden die Begriffe auch synonym verwendet.
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, you don't have to have studied to be a good programmer to be on"
[1] „Laut Apple-CEO Tim Cook muss man nicht studiert haben, um ein guter Programmierer zu sein.“
[1] “The employee profile, as well as at the FU-Center, is wide: among them are programmers and web designers as well as specialists from the pedagogical-didactic area and finally those that are new German content managers, i.e. are responsible for texts and content "
[1] „Das Mitarbeiterprofil ist, ebenso wie am FU-Zentrum, breit gefächert: darunter sind Programmierer und Webdesigner ebenso wie Fachleute aus dem pädagogisch-didaktischen Bereich und schließlich jene, die neudeutsch Content Manager heißen, also für Texte und Inhalte zuständig sind.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Programmierer | die Programmierer |
| Genitiv | des Programmierers | der Programmierer |
| Dativ | dem Programmierer | den Programmierern |
| Akkusativ | den Programmierer | die Programmierer |
Pronunciation
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