Grammar

Question 1

Gender of days, months, seasons of the year, points of the compass

Answer 1

m: der Sonntag [Sunday], März [March], Herbst [autumn], Osten [East].
But: das Jahr [year], die Woche [week] (but: der Mittwoch [Wednesday]).

Question 2

Gender of most nouns ending in the suffixes -er, -el, -ling

Answer 2

m: der Lehrer [teacher], Wecker [alarm clock], Fremdling [stranger], Feigling [coward], Schlüssel [key].
But: die Trommel [drum], die Butter [butter], das Fenster [window], die Schwester [sister], die Mutter [mother], das Wetter [weather], das Zimmer [room].

Question 3

most nouns ending in -en

Answer 3

m: der Boden [floor; ground; soil], Regen [rain], Wagen [car; wagon].

Question 4

nouns with the suffixes -ant, -ar, -är, -ent, -eur, -ier, -ist, -or, -ismus

Answer 4

m: er Spekulant [speculator], Kommissar [commissar], Volontär [trainee], Friseur [barber], Student [student], Offizier [officer], Tourist [tourist], Lektor [(publisher’s) editor; adjunct teacher], Kapitalismus [capitalism].

Question 5

brands of car

Answer 5

m: der Mercedes, Porsche, Ford.