-er der
Schalter
Usually 81.3% of the 2,315 common nouns ending in -er take der.
Many -er nouns are masculine, most of all people and machines that do something: der Lehrer, der Computer.
Exceptions die Mutter, die Tochter, die Schwester, das Wasser
der, die oder das Schalter?
der Schalter
It's der Schalter. Schalter is masculine, plural die Schalter.
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- Plural
- die Schalter
- Meaning
- counter, desk
- In our course
- A1
- Offices & forms
Example
Gehen Sie zum Schalter drei.
Go to counter three.