11.9 Weak masculine nouns-Masculine nouns coming from the Greek and other foreign languages

This is particularly the case with masculine nouns ending in "-and", "-ant", "-ent", "-ist", "-krat" and "-log(e)". These primarily (but not exclusively) refer to human beings:
 

Other German masculine nouns

There are a few native German weak masculine nouns which do not end in "-e" in the nominative singular:

Note the irregular declension of "der Herr". This weak masculine noun adds "-en" throughout the plural, but "-n" in the singular for all cases other than the nominative.