Why is it der Reaktor?
Reaktor ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -or der
Meaning
[1] "Distrained space in which targeted nuclear physical, chemical or biological processes expire"
[1] „abgegrenzter Raum, in dem gezielte kernphysikalische, chemische oder biologische Vorgänge ablaufen“Examples
[1] Some reactors are very susceptible to stubs
[1] Manche Reaktoren sind sehr störanfällig.
[1] "From my hotel room in Minsk Skype I with Juri Bandaschewski, who led the university clinic in Gomel, 140 kilometers from the reactor" removed "
[1] „Von meinem Hotelzimmer in Minsk skype ich mit Juri Bandaschewski, der das Universitätsklinikum in Gomel geleitet hat, 140 Kilometer vom Reaktor entfernt.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] [Fukushima/Japan nuclear power plant 2011:] "The cooling system of the power plant fell in three of the six reactors, the meltdown occurred"
[1] [Kernkraftwerk Fukushima/Japan 2011:] „Das Kühlsystem des Kraftwerks fiel aus; in drei der sechs Reaktoren kam es zur Kernschmelze.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Reaktor | die Reaktoren |
| Genitiv | des Reaktors | der Reaktoren |
| Dativ | dem Reaktor | den Reaktoren |
| Akkusativ | den Reaktor | die Reaktoren |
Pronunciation
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