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The article for

Terrier

der Terrier

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

Plural
die Terrier

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Why is it der Terrier?

Terrier 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] Small to medium -sized dog

[1] kleiner bis mittelgroßer Hund

Examples

[1] "The Terrier lay down in the dust and watched us interested" "

[1] „Der Terrier legte sich in den Staub und beobachtete uns interessiert.“

[1] "Like a terrier, I proudly dragged her up"

[1] „Wie ein Terrier schleppte ich sie stolz nach oben.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Terrier die Terrier
Genitiv des Terriers der Terrier
Dativ dem Terrier den Terriern
Akkusativ den Terrier die Terrier

Pronunciation

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