In German, do jobs have articles?

Question

Do occupations (eg Richter) have articles (eg ein, der) before them in German, even when they're a subject or you're referring to a specific person (the judge being THE judge in a case, for example).

Answer 1

Sure they do and I'll bet you've heard of one...Der Furher.

Answer 2

Yes.

As in:

Der Blockwart gibt den Lokführer die Fahrtberechtigung =

The signalman gives the engine driver line clear

Answer 3

ya,I know this cuz Adolf Hitler's title was Der fuhrer which german for "The Leader"

Answer 4

Yes. Richter = der Richter or if it's a female, die Richterin

Answer 5

It looks as though they do, check out this in wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Richter...

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Answer 6

yeah, it's only natural. Like how fruits and vegetables have articles. Every word has an article to match, unless it's a verb. e.g. Ich habe die Kartoffeln, I have the potatoes.  

Answer 7

Yes they have

However they change regarding the case

female can change to male article

Die Richterin.

Die Entscheidung der Richterin war gut.

Answer 8

Well, you may omit the article if you don't use the word to introduce a person in the sentence, but to give additional information about the person. Apparently this works for jobs and nationalities, but for many other words you may not omit the article.

“Sie ist Richterin”

“She is a judge.”

“Sie sind Franzosen”

“They are French.”

“Ich will Feuerwehrmann werden.”

“I want to be a fire fighter.”

But:

“Er ist ein Idiot.”

“He is an idiot.”

“Er ist ein Freund.”

“He is a friend.”

“Der Richter spricht das Urteil.”

“Ein Feuerwehrmann wurde bei dem Brand verletzt.”