The Gender of Nouns

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The Gender of Nouns

Some General Rules for Predicting Gender

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  1. Masculine (der):
  • nouns referring to male human beings, their professions, and their nationalities
  • days of the week, the months, seasons and points on the compass

  1. Neuter (das):
  • nouns ending in –chen or –lein (e.g. das Mädchen = the girl)

  1. Feminine (die):
  • nouns referring to female human beings, their professions or nationalities
  • most nouns ending in an unstressed “-e” (exceptions: der Name – the name, das Auge – the eye, das Ende – the end)
  • nouns ending in the suffixes -ei, -ie, -ik, ...

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