4 - Word Groups (2)

Question 1

Female persons are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Mother

Answer 1

Feminine

die Mutter

Question 2

Small animals are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Duck

Answer 2

Feminine

die Ente

Question 3

Flowers all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Tulip

Answer 3

Feminine

die Tulpe

Question 4

Trees are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Fir

Answer 4

Feminine

die Tanne

Question 5

Rivers are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Thames

Answer 5

Feminine

die Themse

Question 6

Numerals are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• One

Answer 6

Feminine

die Eins

Question 7

Ships are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Titanic

Answer 7

Feminine

die Titanic

Question 8

Planes are all masculine, feminine or neuter and take der/ein, or die/eine?

• Concorde

Answer 8

Feminine

die Concorde

Question 9

Exceptions are nouns ending in -chen & -lein.

• Girl
• Miss or young woman

and some rivers:

• Rhine
• Main

Answer 9

Girl - das Madchen
Miss - das Fraulein

Rhine - der Rhein
Main - der Main

Question 10

The feminine form of job titles, nationalities, and some female animals is formed by adding “-in” ending to the masculine form of the noun. If the masculine noun ends in “-e”, take off the final “-e”. An umlaut is usally added to the vowel (ä, ö, ü) if there isn’t one already.

der Arzt - ______________
der Lehrer - ______________
der Engländer - ______________

Answer 10

der Arzt - die Ärztin (the male/female doctor)
der Lehrer - die Leherin (the teacher)
der Engländer - die Englanderin (the Englishman/woman)