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Der, die or das Stellvertreter?

der Stellvertreter

Gender
masculine
English
deputy
Plural
die Stellvertreter

Why is it der Stellvertreter?

Stellvertreter is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is der Vertreter, so it is der Stellvertreter.

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Stellvertreter in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Stellvertreter: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Stellvertreter is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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