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The article for

Skipper

der Skipper

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

Plural
die Skipper

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Why is it der Skipper?

Skipper 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] leader of a (sailing) yacht

[1] Führer einer (Segel-)Jacht

Examples

[1] This book is about the practical knowledge for the skipper

[1] Dieses Buch ist über das Praxiswissen für den Skipper.

[1] "Outside at Bill Bailey, there was a real fight because the skipper refused, with the young man who had injured his hand to run a port"

[1] „Draußen bei Bill Bailey war es zu einer regelrechten Prügelei gekommen, weil der Skipper sich weigerte, mit dem jungen Mann, der sich die Hand verletzt hatte, einen Hafen anzulaufen.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "There was a skipper and sixteen man crew"

[1] „Es gab einen Skipper und sechzehn Mann Besatzung.“

[1] "Now our skipper became nervous and decided to try it with a trick"

[1] „Nun wurde unser Skipper nervös und beschloss, es mit einem Trick zu versuchen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Skipper die Skipper
Genitiv des Skippers der Skipper
Dativ dem Skipper den Skippern
Akkusativ den Skipper die Skipper

Pronunciation

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