1 - Gender of Nouns

Question 1

The following endings usually indicate masculine nouns which take der/ein:

- er	    Alarm Clock
- ich	    Carpet
- ling   Spring
- iker   Computer Scientist
- ig	    King
- or	    Engine/motor

Answer 1

der Wecker (alarm clock)
der Teppich (carpet)
der Frühling (spring)
der Informatiker (computer scientist)
der König (king)
der Motor (engine)

Question 2

The following endings usually indicate feminine nouns which take die/eine:

- age	Garage
- e     	Week
- ette	Toilet
- heit 	Health
- ik    	Politics
- ei    	Butcher’s
- ion   	Religion
- keit  	Difficulty
- schaft 	Friendship
- ung 	Apartment
- in    	Female florist

Answer 2

• age Garage (Garage)
• e Woche (Week)
• ette Toilette (Toilet)
• heit Gesundheit (Health)
• ik Politik (Politics)
• ei Metzgerei (Butcher’s)
• ion Religion (Religion)
• keit Schwierigkeit (Difficulty)
• schaft Freundschaft (Friendship)
• ung Wohnung (Apartment)
• in Floristin (Female florist)

Question 3

Note: "-in" is often added to the masculine form for female job titles and nationalities.
	Der Leher (Male Teacher) – \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (Female Teacher)
	Der Schweizer (Swiss Man) – \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (Swiss Woman)

Answer 3

die Lehrerin (female teacher)
die Schweizerin (Swiss woman)

Question 4

The following endings usually indicate neuter nouns which take das/ein:

- chen	Girl
- lein 	Miss
- ma  	Theme, topic
- ment	Document
- o     	Cinema
- um  	Centre

Answer 4

• chen Madchen (Girl)
• lein Fraulein (Miss)
• ma Thema (Theme, topic)
• ment Dokument (Document)
• o Kino (Cinema)
• um Zentrum (Centre)