-er der
Vater
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 Vater?
der Vater
It's der Vater. Vater is masculine, plural die Väter.
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- Plural
- die Väter
- Meaning
- father
- In our course
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- Family & people
Example
Mein Vater ist Ingenieur.
My father is an engineer.