Why is it der Tambourmajor?
Tambourmajor ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -or der
Meaning
[1] Military music: Head of a Spielmannszug
[1] Militärmusik: Leiter und Ausbilder eines SpielmannszugesExamples
[1] The Tamborumajor
[1] Der Tamborumajor gibt das Signal.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Tambourmajor | die Tambourmajore |
| Genitiv | des Tambourmajors | der Tambourmajore |
| Dativ | dem Tambourmajor | den Tambourmajoren |
| Akkusativ | den Tambourmajor | die Tambourmajore |
Pronunciation
In context
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