Why is it der Reiseleiter?
Reiseleiter 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
[1] person who looks after a travel company
[1] Person, die eine Reisegesellschaft betreutExamples
[1] "The tour guide, already in coat and hat, kept his last speech"
[1] „Der Reiseleiter, schon in Mantel und Mütze, hat seine letzte Ansprache gehalten.“
[1] "The tour guide asks us to the table, there is crab soup and lamb fillete"
[1] „Der Reiseleiter bittet uns zu Tisch, es gibt Krabbensuppe und Lammfilet.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "The rescue came in the form of a red and white-dressed tour guide who called into a megaphone that all guests were welcome and should go to the buses"
[1] „Die Rettung kam in Gestalt eines rot- und weißgekleideten Reiseleiters, der in ein Megaphon rief, dass alle Gäste willkommen seien und sich zu den Bussen begeben sollten.“
[1] "Under the careful hands of experienced tour guides, they should be distributed at lonely rapids of Ireland in minimum distances to go to Angelnä"
[1] „Unter den behutsamen Händen erfahrender Reiseleiter sollen sie in Mindestabständen an einsamen Stromschnellen Irlands verteilt werden, um dort zu angeln.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Reiseleiter | die Reiseleiter |
| Genitiv | des Reiseleiters | der Reiseleiter |
| Dativ | dem Reiseleiter | den Reiseleitern |
| Akkusativ | den Reiseleiter | die Reiseleiter |
Pronunciation
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