Neuter Noun Endings

Question 1

Suffix: -LEIN

Answer 1

DAS Fräulein

Question 2

Hotels, cafes, restaurants, and movie theaters

Answer 2

DAS Marriott
DAS “Hard-Rock”
DAS Hilton
DAS “Grand Rex”

Question 3

Suffix: -ICHT

Answer 3

DAS Dickicht (thicket)

Question 4

Suffix: -IT

Answer 4

DAS Dynamit

Question 5

Metal and chemicals elements

Answer 5

DIE Bronze 
DER Phospor (phosphorus)
DER Schwefel (sulfur)
DER Stahl (steel)

Also metals or chemical elements that are compounds such as DER Sauerstoff (oxygen)

Question 6

Metals and chemical elements

Answer 6

DAS Gold
DAS Kobalt (cobalt)
DAS Blei (lead)
DAS Eisen (iron)
DAS Kupfer (copper)

Question 7

Suffix: -TUM

Answer 7

DAS Christentum (christianity)

Question 8

Suffix: -IL

Answer 8

DAS Ventil (valve)

Question 9

Young Persons and baby animals

Answer 9

DAS Baby
DAS Kind
DAS Ferkel (piglet)
DAS Fohlen (foal)
DAS Lamm (lamb)

Question 10

Suffix: -MA

Answer 10

DAS Schema

Question 11

Gerunds, colors, languages, English -ing forms and other parts of speech used as nouns

Answer 11

DAS Singen (singing)
DAS Blau
DAS Spanisch
DAS Meeting
DAS Nein

Question 12

Suffix: -CHEN

Answer 12

DAS Mädchen

Question 13

~70% of nouns ending with -NIS and -SAL

Answer 13

DAS Bedürfnis (need)
DAS Ereignis (event)
DAS Schicksal (fate)

Note
The remaining 30% of -NIS and -SAL nouns are feminine and many originate from adjectives or indicate states of mind: DIE Bitternis (bitterness), DIE Finsternis (darkness), DIE Besorgnis (anxiety), DIE Betrübnis (sadness). Other: DIE Erkenntnis (perception), DIE Erlaubnis (permission), DIE Kenntnis (knowledge, cognition, skills), DIE Mühsal (hardship)

Question 14

Suffix: -AL
-AN
-AR
-ÄR
-AT
-ENT
-ETT
-IER
-IV
-O
-ON
(Foreign loan words on objects)

Answer 14

IF the suffixes -al, -an, -ar, -är, -at, -ent, -ett, -ier, -iv-, -o, -on are used to refer to male persons, they take the masculine: DER Student, DER Militär (military man), DER Kanadier (male Canadian).

Otherwise, these suffixes are generally neuter: DAS Lineal (ruler), DAS Organ, DAS Formular, DAS Militär (military), DAS Sekretariat (secretary), DAS Talent, das Etikett (label, tag), DAS Papier (paper), DAS Adjecktiv (adjective), DAS Büro (office), DAS Mikrophon

Question 15

Suffix: -MENT

Answer 15

DAS Experiment

Question 16

Most nouns that start with the prefix GE-

Answer 16

DAS Gesetz (law)
DAS Gespräch (conversation)
DAS Gebäude (building)

Exceptions: 
DER Gedanke (thought), DER Geschmack (taste), and approx. 20 other masculine and feminine nouns that start with GE- not counting any GE- nouns referring to male or female persons (e.g. der Genosse / die Genossin — comrade)

Question 17

Suffix: -CHEN
-LEIN
-ICHT 
-IL
-IT
-MA
-MENT
-TEL
-TUM
-UM
Exceptions

Answer 17

DER Profit
DER Granit
DIE Firma (company)
DER Zement (cement)
DER Reichtum (wealth)
Der Irrtum (error)

Question 18

Alphabet letters and music notes

Answer 18

DAS “A”
DAS “B”
DAS “Fis” (F-sharp)
DAS “Des” (D-flat)

Question 19

Continents, cities, provinces, and most countries

Answer 19

DAS Afrika
DAS London
DAS Frankreich (France)
DAS Bayern (Bavaria)

Question 20

Suffix: -TEL

Answer 20

DAS Viertel (quarter)

Question 21

Continents, cities, provinces, and most countries exceptions

Answer 21

DIE Arktis (Arctic)
DIE Antarktis (Antarctica)
DIE Schweiz

Other provinces or countries, including those that end in -a, -e, -ei, and -ie (e.g. DIE Türkei) that are gendered feminine with the exception of Afrika and China, which are still neuter; some countries are masculine: DER Iran, DER Jemen, DER Kongo, DER Libanon, DER Sudan

Question 22

Scientific Units

Answer 22

DAS Atom
DAS Elektron
DAS Volt
DAS Watt

Exception: Liter and Meter having varying gender.

Question 23

Suffix: -UM

Answer 23

DAS Museum
DAS Individuum (individual)