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34 Cards in this Set
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Day(s)- month(s)- season(s)
Tag(e)- Monat(e)- Jareszeit(en) |
Always masculine
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Points of the compass, map locations and winds: Nordwest(en) (northwest), Süd(en) (south)
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Always masculine
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Precipitation: Regen, Schnee, Nebel (rain, snow, fog/mist)
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Always masculine
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Names of cars and trains: der VW, der ICE, der Mercedes. (But motorbikes and aircraft are feminine.)
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Always masculine
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•Words ending in -ismus: Journalismus, Kommunismus, Synchronismus (equal -ism words in English)
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Always masculine
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Words ending in -ner: Rentner, Schaffner, Zentner, Zöllner (pensioner, [train] conductor, hundred-weight, customs collector). The feminine form adds -in (die Rentnerin)
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always masculine
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Agents (people who do something), most occupations and nationalities: der Architekt, der Arzt, der Deutsche, der Fahrer, der Verkäufer, der Student, der Täter (architect, physician, German [person], driver, salesman, student, perpetrator).
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usually masculine.
The feminine form of these terms almost always ends in -in (die Architektin, die Ärztin, die Fahrerin, die Verkäuferin, die Studentin, Täterin, but die Deutsche). |
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Nouns ending in -er, when referring to people
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usually masculine.
But die Jungfer, die Mutter, die Schwester, die Tochter, das Fenster |
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Names of alcoholic drinks: der Wein, der Wodka
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usually masculine. but das Bier
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Names of mountains and lakes: der Berg, der See
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usually masculine but die see is the see.
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Most nouns ending in -ich, -ling, -ist: Rettich, Sittich, Schädling, Frühling, Pazifist (radish, parakeet, pest/parasite, spring, pacifist)
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usually masculine
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Nouns ending in the following suffixes: -heit, -keit, -tät, -ung, -schaft - Examples: die Freiheit, Schnelligkeit, Universität, Zeitung, Freundschaft (freedom, quickness, university, newspaper, friendship). Note that these suffixes usually have a corresponding English suffix, such as -ness (-heit, -keit), -ty (-tät), -ship (-schaft)
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always feminine
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•Nouns ending in -ie: Drogerie, Geographie, Komödie, Industrie, Ironie (often equal to words ending in -y in English)
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always feminine
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Nouns ending in -ik: die Grammatik, Grafik, Klinik, Musik, Panik, Physik
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always feminine
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•Borrowed (foreign) nouns ending in: -ade, -age, -anz, -enz, -ette, -ine, -ion, -tur: Parade, Blamage (shame), Bilanz, Distanz, Frequenz, Serviette (napkin), Limonade, Nation
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always feminine
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Cardinal numbers: eine Eins, eine Drei (a one, a three)
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always feminine
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•Nouns ending in -in that pertain to female people, occupations, nationalities: Amerikanerin, Studentin (female American, student),
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usually feminine but der Harlekin and also many non-people words: das Benzin, der Urin (gasoline/petrol, urine).
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•Most nouns ending in -e: Ecke, Ente, Grenze, Pistole, Seuche (corner, duck, border, pistol, epidemic)
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usually feminine but der Deutsche, das Ensemble, der Friede, der Junge ([the] German, ensemble, peace, boy)
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Nouns ending in -ei: Partei, Schweinerei (party [political], dirty trick/mess
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usually feminine but das Ei, der Papagei (egg, parrot).
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Most types of flowers and trees: Birke, Chrysantheme, Eiche, Rose (birch, chrysanthemum, oak, rose
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usually feminine but der Ahorn, (maple), das Gänseblümchen (daisy), and the word for tree is der Baum
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Nouns ending in -chen or -lein: Fräulein, Häuschen, Kaninchen, Mädchen (unmarried woman, cottage, rabbit, girl/maiden)
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always neuter
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Infinitives used as nouns (gerunds): das Essen, das Schreiben (eating/food, writing)
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always neuter
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Almost all of the 112 known chemical elements (das Aluminium
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always neuter except for six that are masculine: der Kohlenstoff (carbon), der Sauerstoff (oxygen), der Stickstoff (nitrogen), der Wasserstoff (hydrogen), der Phosphor and der Schwefel (sulphur).
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Names of hotels, cafés and theaters
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always neuter
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Names of colors used as nouns das Blau, das Rot (blue, red)
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always neuter
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•Geographic place names (towns, countries, continents): das Berlin, Deutschland, Brasilien, Afrika (but learn non-das countries, such as: der Irak, der Jemen, die Schweiz, die Türkei, die USA [plur.])
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usually neuter
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Young animals and people: das Baby, das Küken (chick); but der Junge (boy).
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usually neuter
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Most metals: Aluminium, Blei, Kupfer, Messing, Zinn (aluminium, lead, copper, brass, tin/pewter; but die Bronze, der Stahl - bronze, steel)
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usually neuter
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Nouns ending in -o (often cognates from Latin): das Auto, Büro, Kasino, Konto (account), Radio, Veto, Video - Note: Exceptions: die Avocado, die Disko, der Euro
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usually neuter
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Most nouns starting with Ge-: Genick, Gerät, Geschirr, Geschlecht, Gesetz, Gespräch (back of the neck, device, dishes, sex/gender, law, conversation),
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usually neuter
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Most borrowed (foreign) nouns ending in -ment: Ressentiment, Supplement (but der Zement, der/das Moment [2 diff. meanings])
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usually neuter
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Most nouns ending in -nis: Versäumnis (neglect
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usually neuter
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Most nouns ending in -tum or -um: Christentum, Königtum (Christianity, kingship; but der Irrtum, der Reichtum - error, wealth)
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usually neuter
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all nouns become what gender in the plural?
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die
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