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The article for

Surfer

der Surfer

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

Plural
die Surfer

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Why is it der Surfer?

Surfer 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] Wave rider

[1] Wellenreiter

[2] Windsurfer

[2] Windsurfer

[3] Someone who (mostly privately) is on the Internet (web)

[3] jemand, der (meist privat) im Internet (Web) unterwegs ist

Examples

[1] This beach belongs to the surf

[1] Dieser Strand gehört den Surfern.

[2] The quarry lake was full

[2] Der Baggersee war voller Surfer.
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[3] With this site, a surfer rarely comes by

[3] Bei dieser Site kommt nur selten einmal ein Surfer vorbei.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Surfer die Surfer
Genitiv des Surfers der Surfer
Dativ dem Surfer den Surfern
Akkusativ den Surfer die Surfer

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Surfer vor Hawaii
[1] Surfer vor Hawaii Wikimedia Commons
[2] Surfer auf einem See
[2] Surfer auf einem See Wikimedia Commons

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