Why is it der Zeller?
Zeller 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
Meaning
[1] Austrian: celery
[1] österreichisch: SellerieExamples
[1] "Peel the cell tubers for the cell in the baking dough, cut 1 centimeter thick slices in approx.
[1] „Für den Zeller im Backteig die Zellerknollen schälen, in ca. 1 Zentimeter dicke Scheiben schneiden und im Wasser weich kochen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Zeller | — |
| Genitiv | des Zellers | — |
| Dativ | dem Zeller | — |
| Akkusativ | den Zeller | — |
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