Why is it der Schmeichler?

Schmeichler 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] Person who, in an exaggerated manner, compliments to someone, spreads good over someone, possibly just to secure goodwill, affection

[1] Person, die in übertriebener Weise jemandem Komplimente macht, Gutes über jemanden verbreitet, eventuell auch nur, um sich Wohlwollen, Zuneigung zu sichern

Examples

[1] He was the perfect flatterer and the women were too feet

[1] Er war der perfekte Schmeichler und die Frauen lagen ihm zu Füßen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Schmeichler die Schmeichler
Genitiv des Schmeichlers der Schmeichler
Dativ dem Schmeichler den Schmeichlern
Akkusativ den Schmeichler die Schmeichler

Pronunciation

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