Masculine Nouns in German
All german nouns which are masculine by gender, begin with “der”. Although there is no real rule available in German to classify particular nouns to masculine gender, it is recommended that the more you acqu aint with the word, you get to know the correct gender.
| der Name | Name |
| der Tag | day |
| der Morgen | Morning |
| der Bus | Bus |
| der Staat | State |
| der Beruf | Profession |
| der Flug | Airplane |
| der Preis | Price |
| der Paß | Passport |
| der Ausweis | Identity Card |
| der Sport | Sport |
Tips to Isolate Masculine Nouns
In this learning, i will give you several tips and tricks that would help you to point a particular german noun as masculine gender.
1. Persons or Relationships:
If you are describing a person or relationships who is a male, then obviously the gender cannot be none other than masculine.
| Der Mann | Man |
| Der Freund | Friend |
| Der Vater | Father |
| Der Bruder | Brother |
| Der Führer | Guide |
2. Time Related (Long or Lengthy time)
Watch out for weekdays, months, seasons, morning, evening. They all have masculine gender.
| Der Montag = Monday Der Dienstag = Tuesday Der Mittwoch = Wednesday Der Donnerstag = Thursday Der Freitag = Friday Der Samstag = Saturday Der Sonntag = Sunday Tip: “Tag” means day has “der” masculine gender. Plenty of new words can be derived from this little tip. Der Morgen = Morning Der Januar = January Der Sommer = Summer |
3. Map Directions
The directions used in the map namely east, west, north, south has masculine gender
| Der Stadtplan = City Map
Der Osten = East |
3. Look for Noun Ending in -hof.
A relative number of nouns ending with -hof has masculine gender.
| -hof
der Bahnhof = Station |
4. Coffee and Tea:
Coffee and tea are always given masculine.
Drinking Beverages
der Kaffee = Coffee
der Tee = Tea
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