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Hubert Jannach
German for Reading Knowledge
Part 1
Chapter 1
1.2 Gender of Nouns
German nouns are either:
masculine,
feminine,
or neuter.
Examples:
MASCULINE:.......der Student,
der Mann,
der Tisch (table)
FEMININE:..........die Universität,
die Biologie,
die Frau (woman)
FEMININE:..........das Haus,
das Bett,
das Kind (child)
Masculine nouns denote male beings
der Vater
father
der Stier
bull
der Lehrer
teacher
der Arzt
physician
Feminine nouns often do either of the following
a. denote female beings:
die Mutter
mother
die Tante
aunt
die Henne
Hen
die Kuh
cow
b. Nouns that end in ei, ie, heit, keit, ik schaft, tät, ion, ung, in:
die Krankheit
sickness
die Universität
university
die Theorie
theory
NEUTER: Nouns that end in -chen, -lein (which are dimunitive endings) are neuter:
die Röhre - das Röhrchen
tube - small tube
die Frau - das Fräulein
woman - miss
der Mann - das Männchen
man - little man
der Teil - das Teilchen
part - particle
Jannach, Hubert. German for Reading Knowledge. New York: American Book Company, 1961. More information available at: http://lccn.loc.gov/61003075
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