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The article for

Student

der Student

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

Plural
die Studenten
English
university student
Level
A1
Topic
Education

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Why is it der Student?

Student 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
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Meaning

[1] person who studies at a university or university of applied sciences

[1] Person, die an einer Universität oder Fachhochschule studiert

Examples

[1] Are you a student of this university

[1] Sind Sie Student dieser Universität?

[1] "It was normal for me to join them because we had no access to the rich students, the majority of our fellow students" "

[1] „Es war normal, dass ich mich ihnen anschloss, da wir keinen Zugang zu den reichen Studenten hatten, der Mehrzahl unserer Kommilitonen.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "It was the time when the youth at the university still died, as students wore suits and ties and their fellow students dressed with white collar or pearl chain" "

[1] „Es war die Zeit, als sich die Jugend an der Universität noch siezte, als Studenten Anzüge und Krawatten trugen und ihre Kommilitoninnen Kleider mit weißen Kragen oder Perlenketten.“

[1] "Most students are cripples and the sick who released the war"

[1] „Die meisten Studenten sind Krüppel und Kranke, die der Krieg freigab.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Student die Studenten
Genitiv des Studenten der Studenten
Dativ dem Studenten den Studenten
Akkusativ den Studenten die Studenten

Pronunciation

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