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The article for

Resident

der Resident

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

Plural
die Residenten

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Why is it der Resident?

Resident ends in -ent, and most nouns ending in -ent are masculine: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ent
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] governor of the institution that has the last decision -making power

[1] Statthalter der Institution, die die letzte Entscheidungsmacht hat

Examples

[1] "They exerted massive diplomatic pressure, used Raja Abdullah in 1874 as the new Sultan of Perak and put a resident on the side" "

[1] „Sie übten massiven diplomatischen Druck aus, setzten Raja Abdullah 1874 als neuen Sultan von Perak ein und stellten ihm einen Residenten an die Seite.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Resident die Residenten
Genitiv des Residenten der Residenten
Dativ dem Residenten den Residenten
Akkusativ den Residenten die Residenten

Pronunciation

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