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Referee

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

Plural
die Referees

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

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Why is it der Referee?

Referee ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Referee is an exception: der Referee.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Sport: Person who ensures at a sporting event that the athletes adhere to the rules

[1] Sport: Person, die bei einer Sportveranstaltung sicherstellt, dass sich die Sportler an die Regeln halten

Examples

[1] "After clarification by the referee, at least one thing was clear - if you first scored points, the new champion" is "

[1] „Nach Aufklärung durch den Referee war zumindest eines klar – wer zuerst Punkte erzielt, ist der neue Champion.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Referee die Referees
Genitiv des Referees der Referees
Dativ dem Referee den Referees
Akkusativ den Referee die Referees

Pronunciation

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Nouns with the same ending

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