Noun Genders Flashcards

Masculine, feminine or neuter

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End in -ich

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Masculine

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End in -ig

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Masculine

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End in -ling

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Masculine

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End in -ant

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Masculine

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End in -ast

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Masculine

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End in -ismus

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Masculine

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End in -heit

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Feminine

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End in -keit

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Feminine

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9
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End in -schaft

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Feminine

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10
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End in -ung

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Feminine

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End in -ei

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Feminine

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12
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End in -e

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Feminine, unless a male person/animal and nouns beginning with Ge- and ending in -e

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13
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End in -anz

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Feminine, with some exceptions e.g. der Kranz (wreath)

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End in -enz

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Feminine

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End in -ie

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Feminine, with some exceptions e.g. das Knie (knee)

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End in -ik

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Feminine, with some exceptions e.g. der Pazifik (Pacific)

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End in -ion

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Feminine, with some exceptions e.g. der Spion (spy)

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End in -tät

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Feminine

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End in -ur

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Feminine, with some exceptions e.g. das Abitur (A levels)

20
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End in -in

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Feminine, at the end of singular female professions

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End in -innen

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Feminine, at the end of plural female professions

22
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Start with Ge-

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Neuter

23
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End in -lein

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Neuter, diminutive (small objects) e.g. das Tischlein (little table)

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End in -chen

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Neuter, diminutive (small objects) e.g. das Häuschen (little house)

25
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Nouns which refer to young humans and animals

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Neuter

26
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Infinitives (e.g. schwimmen (to swim), fahren (to travel) etc.) used as nouns

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Neuter

27
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End in -nis

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Neuter

28
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End in -tum

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Neuter

29
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End in -at

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Neuter

30
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End in -ett

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Neuter

31
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End in -fon

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Neuter

32
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End in -ma

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Neuter

33
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End in -ment

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Neuter

34
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End in -um

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Neuter, with some exceptions e.g. der Reichtum

35
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Compound Nouns

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Take their gender from the LAST noun of the compound word