Rules

Question 1

Plural:
Nouns ending in -ung (wohnung)

Answer 1

Add -en in the plural (wohnungen)

Question 2

Plural:
Nouns ending in -er (Zimmer)

Answer 2

Don’t change in the plural (Zimmer)

Question 3

Plural:
Feminine nouns

Answer 3

Often use -n or -en to form the plural (Schule-> Schulen)

Question 4

Plural:
Feminine nouns that end with -keit, -heit, -tät and -schaft

Answer 4

Use -en to form the plural
(Freiheit - Freiheten)

Question 5

Plural:
Masculine nouns

Answer 5

• Some do not have any ending in the plural (Lehrer-> Lehrer)
• Some often use ¨and/or -e to form the plural (Freund->Freunde ; Bruder->Brüder)

Question 6

Gender:
All nouns refering to male persons that end in -er, -ist, -ling, -ent

Answer 6

Masculine
(der Physiker)

Question 7

Gender:
Names of seasons , months, days, parts of days, geographical directions and wheater phenomena

Answer 7

Masculine

!! except Das Frühjahr and Die Nacht.

Question 8

Gender:
Most nouns that end in -ig, -or, -ismus, -pf, -f, -ast, -ich

Answer 8

Masculine
(Der Pfenning, Der Doktor)

Question 9

Gender:
Most two syllable nouns which end in -e

Answer 9

Feminine

!! Except der Name, der Käse, das Auge

Question 10

Gender:
All nouns referring to female persons which end in -in

Answer 10

Feminine
Die Studentin

Question 11

Gender:
All nouns ending in -ei, -ir, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -ion, -tät, - ur, -ik, -a

Answer 11

Feminine

Question 12

Gender:
All nouns ending in -lein or -chen

Answer 12

Neutral
Das Fräulein, das Mädchen

Question 13

Gender:
All nouns ending in -um, -ium or -tum

Answer 13

Neutral
Das Studium, das VisumA

Question 14

Gender:
All nouns beginning with Ge-

Answer 14

Neutral
Das Gebäude, das Gebet

Question 15

Gender:
Verbs infinitives usead as nouns

Answer 15

Neutral
das Lesen, das Singen