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The article for

Roboter

der Roboter

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

Plural
die Roboter
English
robot
Level
B2

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Why is it der Roboter?

Roboter 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
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Machine that autonomously fulfills a certain task

[1] Maschine, die autonom eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt

[2] Historically: someone who does the frond service that is in front work

[2] historisch: jemand, der Frondienst leistet, der in Fronarbeit steht

Examples

[1] Many workers were replaced by robots

[1] Durch Roboter wurden viele Arbeitskräfte ersetzt.

[1] "It was about a little boy who made up with a huge robot"

[1] „Darin ging es um einen kleinen Jungen, der sich mit einem riesigen Roboter anfreundete.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "To protect himself from the fault, the boy set out to build a robot"

[1] „Um sich vor dem Unhold zu schützen, machte sich der Junge daran, einen Roboter zu bauen.“

[1] "Man is not a robot"

[1] „Der Mensch ist kein Roboter.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Roboter die Roboter
Genitiv des Roboters der Roboter
Dativ dem Roboter den Robotern
Akkusativ den Roboter die Roboter

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Roboter
[1] Roboter Wikimedia Commons

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