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    German Nouns Gender (Der, Die, Das) Cheat Sheet: - Ung, - Ur

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    The document provides rules for determining the gender (der, die, das) of German nouns. It lists characteristics that indicate a noun will be masculine (der), feminine (die), or neuter (das) and examples of nouns that fall under each rule. Some of the rules covered include nouns ending in certain suffixes being masculine or feminine and nouns related to verbs, metals, or measurements typically being neuter. The document aims to serve as a cheat sheet for learning gender rules for German nouns.

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    German Nouns Gender (der, die, das) Cheat Sheet

    mnnliche Substantive (male nouns, starting with der):


    - male persons (all nouns that refer to )
    - ending in -er, -en, -el (many nouns, but not all, but always for guys who
    do something: fahren (drive), der Fahrer (driver))
    - all days of the week, months, seasons
    - ending in -ich, -ig, -ismus, -ist, -ling , us (all nouns)

    weibliche Substantive (female nouns, starting with die):


    - female persons (all nouns that refer to )
    - numbers (all of them)
    - ending in e (many, but not all)
    - ending in a (many [often with latin roots], but not all)
    - ending in in (all nouns, for women/girls who do something, e.g. der
    Fahrer die Fahrerin)
    - all nouns ending in ei, -heit, -keit, -ie, -ik, -nz, -schaft, -ion, -tt,
    -ung, -ur

    schliche Substantive (neuter nouns, startin with das):


    - diminutives ending in in chen or lein (all diminutive nouns)
    - infinitive of a verb (all nouns formed from an infinitive of a verb, e.g., das
    Singen)
    - ending in -nis (many, but not all)
    - metals (all metals, e.g., gold, silver, aluminum, iron, etc.)
    - ending in ment (most, but not all)
    - ending in tel (most, e.g., all fractions: das Viertel, das Achtel, but not all)
    - ending in -tum, -um (all of them)

    HW Due Oct 30, der-die-das exercise


    Last time in class, we played a little game who can name that article the fastest, and tell me the
    rule why it is, for example, die Nase and not der Nase. I have copied the cheat sheet again
    and removed the numbers, so you get used to memorizing each rule itself as opposed to the
    number. To learn the rules, we practice some more.
    Below, write the proper German article in front of the German word, write the rule that applies
    behind the word, and translate the German word into English. None of the words are new
    they are all taken from the lists of the last three weeks, so you can go back to your notes, or
    remember the translation, or guess the English cognate, or you can go to the online
    dictionaries.

    Example:
    Sohn
    der Sohn referring to males - the son
    Winter

    Dackel

    Oma

    Deckel

    Aluminium

    August

    Balken

    Dunkelheit

    Montag

    Heiterkeit

    Kanne

    Traurigkeit

    Supernova

    Kindchen

    Kellnerin

    Kindlein

    Huschen

    Spielen

    Bchlein

    Diva

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