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der, die oder das Wecker?

der Wecker

It's der Wecker. Wecker is masculine, plural die Wecker.

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Plural
die Wecker
Meaning
alarm clock
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Daily routine

Example

  • Der Wecker klingelt um sechs.

    The alarm rings at six.

Why der?

-er der

Wecker

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