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Determining the Gender of a Noun
The Quick Guide
Der Nouns
Male human beings
Male animals
Days of week
Months of year
Seasons of year
Directions
Names of some countries (der Iran, der Irak)
Nouns ending in -er / -en / -el (some exceptions) / - ig / -ich /
-ling
Most nouns ending in -ant / -är / -ast / -ent / -eur / -ier / -ist
Most nouns ending in -ismus / -or / -us
Die Nouns
Female human beings
Female animals
Names of most trees
Names of most flowers
Names of most fruit (exception - der Apfel)
Some countries (die Niederlande, die Turkei, die Tschechische Republik, die
Vereinigten Staaten / USA, die Schweiz)
Nouns ending in -e / -in / -innem (plural) / -age / -heit / -keit
Nouns ending in -schaft / -ie / -ik / -ek / -eke / -ion
Nouns ending in -ung / -ur
Das Nouns
Nouns ending in the suffix -chen or -lein
Names of cities
Names of most countries
Names of metals and chemical elements
Nouns ending in -ium / ment / -eum / -ium / -uim / -ett
Infinitive Verbs used as Nouns
Other Helpful Hints
The gender of a compound noun is determined by the last word in the
combination
der Arm / das
Band / die Uhr = die
Armbanduhr
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