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The article for

Zentner

der Zentner

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

Plural
die Zentner

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Why is it der Zentner?

Zentner 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] unit of measurement for 50 kilograms of the weight of 100 (British 112) pounds

[1] Maßeinheit für 50 Kilogramm; ursprünglich Gewichtseinheit zu 100 (britisch 112) Pfund

[2] Switzerland, Austria, outdated: weight unit at 100 kilograms

[2] Schweiz, Österreich, veraltet: Gewichtseinheit zu 100 Kilogramm

Examples

[1] We have three hundredweight potatoes in the cellar

[1] Wir haben drei Zentner Kartoffeln im Keller.

[2] In Switzerland, the hundredweight has 100 kg, in Germany it is said to be double -tenders

[2] In der Schweiz hat der Zentner 100 kg, in Deutschland sagt man Doppelzentner dazu.
Grammar note

As a unit of measurement, the word is not inflected

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Zentner die Zentner
Genitiv des Zentners der Zentner
Dativ dem Zentner den Zentnern
Akkusativ den Zentner die Zentner

Pronunciation

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