Gender Patterns Flashcards

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1
Q

-er endings

A

der

der Vater (father)

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-heit endings

A

die

die Gesundheit (good health)

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-ig endings

A

der

der Honig (honey)

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4
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mannliche Personnen

A

der

der Mann (man/husband)

der Lehrer (teacher)

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5
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Days and Months

A

Der

der Januar

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-e endings

A

die

die Lampe (lamp)

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7
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-ant endings

A

der

der Elefant

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-ie endings

A

die

die Philosophie

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9
Q

Names/Nouns derived

directly from an infinitive

A

das

das Schwimmen (the swimming)

das Leban (the living)

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10
Q

The alphabet (Buchstaben)

A

Das

das A, das B, das C

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-enz endings

A

die

die Frequenz

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12
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-or endings

A

der

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13
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One syllable words that end in a consonant

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der

der Bus (bus)

der Zug (train)

der Stuhl (chair)

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-ich endings

A

der

der Teppich (carpet)

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15
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-us endings

A

der

der Zirkus

(circus)

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16
Q

All diminutives

  • lein
  • chen
A

das

das Fraulein (the young unmarried girl)

das Madchen (the girl)

17
Q

-schaft endings

A

die

die Wissenshaft

(science)

18
Q

-ling endings

A

Der

der Schmetterling

(butterfly)

19
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-ung endings

A

die

die Bedeutung (the meaning)

20
Q

feminin Personen

A

die

die Frau (woman)

die Ärztin (female physician)

21
Q

-tät endings

A

die

die Universität (the university)

-Maiden with a tatoo

22
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-ment endings

A

das

das experiment

23
Q

-ik endings

A

die

die Logik

24
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-ma endings

A

das

das Thema

das Drama

25
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-um endings

A

das

das Museum

das Aquarium

26
Q

-ion endings

A

die

die Stuation

27
Q

most -tion endings

A

die

die Position

28
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-anz endings

A

die

die Toleranz

29
Q

collective prefixes

using Ge-

A

das

das Gebirge (the mountain range)

30
Q

-a endings

A

die

die Kamera

31
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-ei endings

A

die

die Bäkerei (Bakery)

32
Q

Seasons of the year

A

der

der Herbst (Autumn)

33
Q

English words ending in -ing

A

das

das Timing

das Training

34
Q

German Rivers

A

die

die Elbe

die Donau

die Flüsse(the river)

35
Q

Nouns derived from verbs ending in -en

A

der

der Schlaf (the sleep)

from the verb schlafen

36
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Metals

A

das

das Aluminum

das Gold

das Stahl (steel)

37
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-el endings

A

der

der Löffel (spoon)

38
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-keit endings

A

die

die Schwierigkeit (the difficulty)