Why is it der Turner?
Turner 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 der
Examples
At that time the German gymnasts were still world leaders
[1] Damals waren die deutschen Turner noch Weltspitze.
[1] "Gymnasts were promoted by motorcycling boats in regulated commuting" "
[1] „Turner und Turnerinnen wurden von Motorrettungsbooten in geregeltem Pendelverkehr befördert.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "A quarter of an hour later, the horse people appeared to say goodbye and turned towards the wooden bridge that the gymnasts had passed in front of them"
[1] „Eine Viertelstunde später erschienen die Pferde; man nahm Abschied und wandte sich auf die Holzbrücke zu, die die Turner vor ihnen passiert hatten.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Turner | die Turner |
| Genitiv | des Turners | der Turner |
| Dativ | dem Turner | den Turnern |
| Akkusativ | den Turner | die Turner |
Pronunciation
In context
![[1] Olympiasieger Yang Wei am Pferd](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_gymnast_at_2008_Olympiads.jpg)
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