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 |
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.