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The article for

Verlierer

der Verlierer

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

Plural
die Verlierer
English
loser
Level
B1
Topic
People

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Why is it der Verlierer?

Verlierer 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] Person or institution that is inferior in a competition or competition

[1] Person oder Institution, welche in einen Wettkampf oder Wettstreit unterlegen ist

[2] Translated: person or institution who are unsuccessful

[2] übertragen: Person oder Institution, welche keinen Erfolg haben

Examples

[1] A loser is doing well to get more next time

[1] Ein Verlierer tut gut daran, sich das nächste Mal mehr anzustrengen.

[1] "Losers are alone, and whoever is alone has lost"

[1] „Verlierer sind allein, und wer allein ist, hat verloren.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "And losers do not like the voters"

[1] „Und Verlierer mögen die Wähler nicht.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Verlierer die Verlierer
Genitiv des Verlierers der Verlierer
Dativ dem Verlierer den Verlierern
Akkusativ den Verlierer die Verlierer

Pronunciation

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