Gender

Question 1

Words ending in “er” tend to be …

Answer 1

Masculine;

der Keller (basement)
der Teller (plate)
der Gegner (opponent, enemy)

Exception:

das Leder (leather)
die Dauer (duration)

Question 2

Words ending in “el” tend to be …

Answer 2

Masculine:

der Spiegel (mirror)
der Schlüssel (key)

Exceptions:

die Gabel (fork)
die Insel (Island)

Question 3

Words ending in “en” tend to be …

Answer 3

Masculine

Question 4

Cognates: definition

Answer 4

Acognateis a word that has the same root as a similar wordinanother language and looks and sounds similar. Truecognateswill have the same or similar definitionsinboth languages. … For instance, theGermanword Haus is acognateof the English word “house.”

Question 5

Cognates that refer to men tend to be …?

Answer 5

Masculine

der Professor
der Diplomat
der Tourist
der Journalist

Question 6

Nouns ending in “ling” are always …?

Answer 6

Masculine

Question 7

Nouns ending in “ig” are always …?

Answer 7

Masculine

Question 8

Nouns ending in “ich” are always …?

Answer 8

Masculine

Question 9

Many words of one syllable that end in a constant are often ….?

Answer 9

Masculine

der Arzt (doctor)
der Brief (letter)
der Bus (bus)
der Freund (male friend)
der Markt (market)
der Park (park)
der Sohn (son)
der Stuhl (chair)
der Tag (day)
der Tisch (table)
der Wein (wine)
der Zug (train)
der Platz (market square, place, theater seat)

Exceptions:

Die Bank
Die Bahn (train)
Die Wand (wall)
Die Fahrt (drive, journey)

Question 10

With compound words, the gender of the new word is determined by the gender of the ….?

Answer 10

last word.

Example: Tag (m)
der Montag, der Dienstag, der Mittwoch, der Donnerstag, der Freitag, der Samstag, der Sonntag

Question 11

Almost all nouns that end in “ung” are …?

Answer 11

Feminine

Examples:

die Bedienung (waiter)
die Wohnung (appartment)

Question 12

Most nouns that end in “e” are …?

Answer 12

Feminine

Examples:

die Leute (people)

Exceptions:

der Junge (boy)
der Name (name)

Question 13

Words ending in “shaft” are generally..?

Answer 13

Feminine

Example: die Partnerschaft