Feminine Nouns in German

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All feminine nouns in german begin with “die”. Most feminine nouns in german would only be easy for you to learn if you learn the gender along wit h the noun, if not it would be really difficult.

For example. “die Karte” learn as a whole.

die Zeit Time
die Zeitung Newspaper
die Unterschrift Signature
die Straße Street
die Altstadt Old Town
die Bestellung Order
die Rechnung Invoice / Bill
die Autobahn Road for Motor cars
die Bank Bank
die Uhr Clock
die Musik Musik
die Sprache Language

Tips to Isolate Feminine Nouns

There are some tips available to remember feminine gender which is described below…

1. Persons or Relationships

Persons or the relationships that are females, are indeed feminine in nature. Sometimes the gender is given depending on work or profession of female people. (for example female doctor)

die Mutter Mother
die Tochter Daughter
die Schwester Sister
die Freundin Girl Friend
die Kundenberaterin Customer Service (female)

2. -e endings

In german, most people had succeeded in isolating most nouns end with -e are feminine. There are indeed exceptions and yet some can be plural as well. Plural nouns start with “die” as well.

-e endings

Most feminine nouns are famous for -e endings. Not all -e ending nouns are of feminine in gender, but most.

die Kirche = Church
die Karte = Ticket or card
die Speise = Food
die Reise = Travel
die Leute = People
die Strasse = Street
die Adresse = Address

die Farbe = Colour
die Küche = Kitchen
die Seite = Page
die Stunde = Hour
die Maschine = Machine

3. -ion endings

Most nouns that has -ion endings generally fall into feminine gender. However this applies for most not all.

- ion endingsdie Information = Information
die Inflation = Inflation
die Organisation = Organisation

4. -ung endings

Most german nouns that end in -ung also most probably should fall into category of feminine gender.

- ung endingsdie Bestellung = Order
die Rechnung = Invoice or Bill
die Zeitung = Newspaper
die Kreuzung = Crossroad
die Wohnung = Living
die Bedienung = Service
die Eröffnung = Opening

5. -ur endings

Nouns ending in -ur (not all) fall into feminine gender

- ur endingsdie Natur = Nature
die Kultur = Culture

6. -ik / -ek endings

-ik ending nouns are also considered to fall into feminine gender. Most nouns fall into this trick but not all.

- ik / -ek endingsdie Musik = Music
die Bibliothek = Library
die Discothek = Discotheque.
die Bundesrepublik = Democratic Republic

7. -tät endings

German nouns that end in -tät most probably will be of feminine gender.

- tät endingsdie Nationalität = Nationality
die Qualität = Quality

8. -keit or -heit endings

Look for -keit / -heit endings on any noun. This should be of feminine gender.

- keit endingsdie Möglichkeit = Possibility
die Fahigkeit = Capability
die Notwendigkeit = Necessity

die Gesundheit = Health

I have tried my level best to collect all these tips for german learners. There is no definite rule for gender classification in german. Thus these tips should definitely aid you in learning german nouns.

Posted by admin   @   25 October 2010 0 comments

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