Zone 8 - Nouns & Gender

Question 1

Groups of nouns for der

Answer 1

Male persons, names of days and months, names of seasons, makes of cars, alcoholic drinks
EXCPT beer

Question 2

Groups of nouns for die

Answer 2

Female persons, names of motorbikes and ships, names of trees and flowers
Excpt girl and violet

Question 3

Groups of nouns for das

Answer 3

Young persons, infinitives used as nouns, names of hotels and cinemas, names of most metals, diminutives

Question 4

Typical endings for der

Answer 4

-er, -ig, -ismus, -ling

Question 5

Typical endings for die

Answer 5

-ei, -enz, -heit, -ie, -ion, -keit, -tät, -schaft, -ung, -ur

Question 6

Typical endings for das

Answer 6

-chen, -lein, -ma, -ment, -o, -um

Question 7

Why is gender so important for learners? What is meant by grammatical gender

Answer 7

Grammatical gender will change the article before it

Question 8

Definite & indefinite articles for the three grammatical genders

Answer 8

M - der, ein
F - die, eine
Nt- das, ein

Question 9

What is distinctive about the spelling of german nouns

Answer 9

Capital letter