Section 1-2 Flashcards
Definite Articles; Possession
the
der (masculine)
die (feminine)
das (neuter)
the pen (the ballpoint pen)
der Kugelschreiber (der Kuli)
the paper
das Papier
the pencil
der Bleistift (der Stift)
the smartphone
das Handy
the book
das Buch
the notebook
das Heft
the computer
der Computer
the laptop
der/das Laptop
the mouse
die Maus
the clock
die Uhr
the marker
der Filzstift
the eraser
der Radiergummi (der Gummi)
the table
der Tisch
the chair
der Stuhl
the door
die Tur
the window
das Fenster
the board
die Tafel
the poster
das Poster
the map
die Landkarte
the backpack
der Rucksack
the bag, the duffel bag
die Tasche
the whiteboard eraser
der Wischer
the wall
die Wand
the professor(s)
der Professor
die Professorin (f.)
the college student(s)
der Student
die Studentin (f.)
the high school/elementary school teacher(s)
der Lehrer
die Lehrerin (f.)
the high school/elementary school student(s)
der Schüler
die Schülerin (f.)
that
das
What is that?
That is
Was ist das?
Das ist
what
was
9 out 10 nouns ending in -e are
feminine
More than half of all nouns ending in -er are:
masculine.
Nouns designating a male person are
masculine.
Nouns ending in -in are
feminine and designate a female person, or a female person who comes from a certain country.
the chalk
die Kreide
the desk
der Schreibtisch
the floor
der fußboden
masculine
maskulin
womanly, (verb of) female
weiblich
neuter
Neutrum
feminine
feminin
Only ____% of all words have two different genders or more than one (e.g. der/das Laptop). That primarily happens with _________________________.
1.3;
words taken from other languages.
____% of all words are feminine.
46
____% of all words are masculine.
34
____% of all words are neuter.
20
-ei, -keit, -ie, -ion, -ität, -schaft, -in, -ik, -ung, -ur, -heit, -anz, -enz
Feminin
-ant, -ent, -ich, -ling, -er*, -ismus, -ist, -or, -ig, -us, -atz, -etz, -mus
Maskulin
-lein, -ma, -chen, -ment, -um, -tum
Neutrum
the ending
die Endung
the girl
das Mädchen
the little house
das Häuslein
the activity
die Aktivität
the will
das Testament
the friendship
die Freundschaft
the police
die Polizei
the tolerance
die Toleranz
the racism
der Rassismus
the freedom
die Freiheit
the universe
das Universum
the comma
das Komma
the migrant
der Migrant
the student
der Student
the carpet
der Teppich
the music
die Musik
All days and months
All cardinal points
Almost all weather elements
Almost all alcoholic drinks
designate masculine nouns
Nominalized verbs (nouns created from verb Infinitives: eg. das Essen; das Schwimmen)
Most metals
Most nouns starting with Ge-
designate neuter nouns
worn out, broken down
kaputt
big, tall
groß
too
zu
who’s
wessen
I think
ich denke
That’s right.
Das stimmt.
but
doch
your
dein
the colors
die Farben
red
rot
yellow
gelb
blue
blau
green
grün
purple
lila
brown
braun
black
schwarz
white
weiß
pink
rosa
gray
grau
orange
orange
many-colored
bunt
dark
dunkel
light
hell
example
Beispiel
The German flag
Die deutsche Fahne
German
deutsche
What color/which color has [is] that?
Welche Farbe hat das?
has
hat
which
welche
