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The article for

Ruderer

der Ruderer

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

Plural
die Ruderer

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Why is it der Ruderer?

Ruderer 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
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Meaning

[1] Person who rowed a boat

[1] Person, die ein Boot rudert

Examples

[1] "In the same way, the seat bars for the rowers are drawn in and fixed" "

[1] „Auf die gleiche Weise werden die Sitzbalken für die Ruderer eingezogen und fixiert.“

[1] "The rowers made four miles per hour downstream and upstream half of the electricity" "

[1] „Die Ruderer schafften stromabwärts vier Meilen pro Stunde und stromaufwärts die Hälfte.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "I left Corfu when the night broke out and arrived in Otranto in the early morning, without my rudder even broken down once"

[1] „Ich verließ Korfu bei Einbruch der Nacht und kam am frühen Morgen in Otranto an, ohne daß meine Ruderer auch nur einmal ihre Ruder eintauchten.“

[1] "His officer now turned to the ruders who were still sitting in the boats, and gave them the orders they had died" "

[1] „Sein Offizier wandte sich nun zu den Ruderern, die noch im Boote saßen, und erteilte ihnen die ihm zugekommenen Orders.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Ruderer die Ruderer
Genitiv des Ruderers der Ruderer
Dativ dem Ruderer den Ruderern
Akkusativ den Ruderer die Ruderer

Pronunciation

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