German Noun Gender Flashcards
(80 cards)
1
Q
Seasons of the year?
A
Masculine
2
Q
Months of the year?
A
Masculine
3
Q
Days of the week?
A
Masculine
4
Q
Males persons?
A
Masculine
5
Q
Male animals?
A
Masculine
6
Q
Points of the compass?
A
Masculine
7
Q
Words referring to winds and weather?
A
Masculine
8
Q
Rocks and minerals?
A
Masculine
9
Q
Alcoholic drinks?
A
Masculine
10
Q
Makes of car?
A
Masculine
11
Q
Rivers outside Germany?
A
Masculine
12
Q
Female persons?
A
Feminine
13
Q
Female animals?
A
Feminine
14
Q
Aeroplanes?
A
Feminine
15
Q
Motorbikes?
A
Feminine
16
Q
Ships?
A
Feminine
17
Q
Native German names of rivers?
A
Feminine
18
Q
Young persons?
A
Neuter
19
Q
Young animals?
A
Neuter
20
Q
Metals?
A
Neuter
21
Q
Chemical elements?
A
Neuter
22
Q
Physical units and entities (Atom, Watt etc)
A
Neuter
23
Q
Letters of the alphabet?
A
Neuter
24
Q
Other parts of speech used as nouns
A
Neuter
25
Hotels, Cafes, Restaurants and Cinemas?
Neuter
26
Names of Continents, Countries, Provinces and Towns?
Neuter (there are exceptions including dir Turkei, die Schweiz, der Irak, der Iran)
27
Ending in -ant? (Passant)
Masculine
28
Ending in -ig? (Honig)
Masculine
29
Ending in -or? (Motor)
Masculine
30
Ending in -ast? (Kontrast)
Masculine
31
Ending in -ismus? (Idealismus)
Masculine
32
Ending in -us? (Rhythmus)
Masculine (but see das Genus, das Tempus)
33
Ending in -ich? (Teppich)
Masculine
34
Ending in -ling?
Masculine
35
Ending in -a? (Villa)
Feminine
36
Ending in -enz? (Existenz)
Feminine
37
Ending in -ik? (Panik)
Feminine
38
Ending in -schaft? (Botschaft)
Feminine
39
Ending in -tion? (Revolution)
Feminine
40
Ending in -ur? (Natur)
Feminine
41
Ending in -anz? (Eleganz)
Feminine
42
Ending in -heit? (Gesundheit)
Feminine
43
Ending in -in? (Freundin)
Feminine
44
Ending in-sion? (Explosion)
Feminine
45
Ending in -tät? (Universität)
Feminine
46
Ending in -ei? (Bücherei)
Feminine
47
Ending in -ie? (Biologie)
Feminine
48
Ending in -keit? (Heiterkeit)
Feminine
49
Ending in -sis? (Basis)
Feminine
50
Ending in -ung? (Bedeutung)
Feminine
51
Ending in -chen? (Mädchen)
Neuter
52
Ending in -it? (Dynamit)
Neuter
53
Ending in -ment? (Appartement)
Neuter
54
Ending in -um? (Album)
Neuter
55
Ending in -icht? (Dickicht)
Neuter
56
Ending in -lein? (Büchlein)
Neuter
57
Ending in -tel (Viertel)
Neuter
58
Ending in -il (Ventil)
Neuter
59
Ending in -ma? (Schema)
Neuter
60
Ending in -tum? (Eigentum)
Neuter
61
Ending in -er denoting persons?
Masculine
62
Ending in -en formed from verbs? (Essen)
Neuter (das Essen, das Kommen)
63
Ending in -e? (Blume)
90% Feminine
64
Nouns with prefix Ge- (Gespräch)
90% Neuter
65
Ending in -nis (Ereignis)
70% Neuter
66
Ending in -sal? (Schicksal)
70% Neuter
67
Ending in -al? (Lineal)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
68
Ending in -är? (Militär)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
69
Ending in -ett? (Etikett)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
70
Ending in -o? (Büro)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
71
Ending in -an? (Organ)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
72
Ending in -at? (Sekretariat)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
73
Ending in -ier? (Papier)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
74
Ending in -on? (Mikrophon)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
75
Ending in -ar? (Formular)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
76
Ending in -ent? (Talent)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
77
Ending in -iv? (Adjektiv)
Neuter referring to things
Masculine referring to persons
78
Compound words have the gender of?
The last component
79
The gender of abbreviations is?
Determined by the full word?
80
Gender of English loan words?
60% masculine otherwise mostly neuter
