Nouns Flashcards
What is the gender for days of the week?
Masculine
What is the gender for months?
Masculine
What is the gender for seasons?
Masculine
What is the gender for cardinal directions?
Masculine
What gender are most trees?
Feminine
What is the gender for most fruits?
Feminine
What is the gender for most flowers?
Feminine
What is the gender for cities?
Neuter
What is the gender for most countries?
Neuter
What is the gender for most metals and chemical elements?
Neuter
What determines the gender of compound noun?
The last component (word).
Nominative Case
Used for subject of the verb.
Accusative Case
Used for the direct object of the verb.
Dative Case
Used for the indirect object of the verb. In english usually expressed by the prepositions “to” and “for”.
-el
masculine word ending
-en
masculine word ending
-er
masculine word ending
-ig
masculine word ending
-ich
masculine word ending
-and
masculine word ending
-ling
masculine word ending
-ant
masculine word ending
-ar
masculine word ending
-är
masculine word ending
-ast
masculine word ending
-ent
masculine word ending
-eur
masculine word ending
-ier
masculine word ending
-ist
masculine word ending
-ismus
masculine word ending
-or
masculine word ending
-us
masculine word ending
-age
female word ending
-e
female word ending
-ei
female word ending
-heit
female word ending
-keit
female word ending
-schaft
female word ending
-ie
female word ending
-ek
female word ending
-eke
female word ending
-ik
female word ending
-in
female word ending
-ion
female word ending
-ung
female word ending
-ur
female word ending
-tät
female word ending
-tum
neuter word endings
-ment
neuter word endings
-eum
neuter word endings
-ium
neuter word endings
-um
neuter word endings
-ett
neuter word endings
antworten
to answer (dative verb)
danken
to thank (dative verb)
helfen
to help (dative verb)
gehören
to belong (dative verb)
gefallen
to like, be pleasing (dative verb)
folgen
to follow (dative verb)
dieser
this (dieser takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
jeder
each, every (jeder takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
jener
that (jener takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
mancher
many (mancher takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
solcher
such (solcher takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
welcher
which (welcher takes the same grammatical ending as the definite articles der, die, das)
mein
my (indefinite)
dein
your–familiar singular (indefinite article)
sein
his or its (indefinite article)
ihr
her or their (indefinite article)
unser
our (indefinite article)
euer
your–familiar plural (indefinite article)
Ihr
your–formal (indefinite article)