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Gender of Nouns(Geschlecht der Substantive)
There are three different gender in German and every gender is indicated by an article.
Gender
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Noun
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English
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German
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male |
männlich |
der Mann |
female |
weiblich |
die Frau |
neuter |
sächlich |
das Kind |
DER - male nouns
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Examples |
| all days,months and seasons are male |
der Montag(Monday)
der Mai(May)
der Winter(winter) |
| occupations and nationalities when you are referring to a male personare male |
der Artz(male doctor)
der Student(male student)
der Deutsche(male German) |
| names of cars and trains are male |
der Ice(fastes train in Germany)
der Mercedes(famous German car)
der VW(famous German car) |
| male people ae usally grammatical male |
der Mann(man)
der Junge(boy)
der Bruder(brother) |
| most mountains and lakes are male |
der Bodensee(famous German Lake)
der Mount Everest(famous mountain in China)
der Kilimandscharo(famous mountain in Africa) |
| most nouns ending with -ich, -ig, -ling ae male |
der Honig(honey)
der Teppich(carpet)
der Schädling (pest)
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| most nouns ending with -el, -en, -er ae male |
der Wagen(car)
der Löffel (spoon)
der Becher(mug) |
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DIE - female nouns
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Examples |
| all nouns ending with -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -tät are female |
die Freundschaft (friendship)
die Freiheit (freedom)
die Wohnung (apartment) |
| all nouns ending with -ik, -ade, -age, -enz, -ette, -ine, -ion, -ur are female |
die Musik (music)
die Waage (scale)
die Nation (nation) |
| all cardinal numbers are female |
die Eins (one)
die Zwei (two)
die Drei (three) |
| female people are usually grammattical female |
die Frau (woman)
die Dame (lady)
die tochter (daughter) |
| most flowers and tres are female |
die Rose (rose)
die Orchidee (ordhid)
die Palme (palm) |
| most nouns ending with -ei, -ie, -ive, itis, isse are female |
die Polizei (police)
die Linie (line)
die Initiative (initiative) |
| most nouns ending with -e are female |
die Ecke (corner)
die Grenze (border)
die decke (ceiling) |
DAS - neuter nouns
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Examples |
| all nouns ending with -lein, -chen are neuter |
das Fräulein (miss)
das Mädchen (girl)
das Kätzchen (kitten) |
| all names of hotels, cafes and theaters are neuter |
das Hilton (Hilton)
das Gewandhaus (famous German theater)
das altwerk (pizza restaurant in Nideggen) |
| all colors are neuter |
das Blau (blue)
das Rot (red)
das Gelb (yellow) |
| all gerunds (verbs which became nouns) are neuter |
das Lesen (reading)
das Schreiben (writing)
das Sehen (seeing) |
| many cities and countries are neuter |
das Deutschland (Germany)
das Italien (Italy)
das Köln (Cologne) |
| most nouns ending with -tum, -ment, -um, -ium, -nis are neuter |
das Museum (museum)
das Datum (date)
das Verhältnis (relationship) |
| all nouns ending with -lein, -chen are neuter |
das Gebäude (building)
das Gefüge (structure)
das Gerede (gossip) |
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