German Masculine Noun Forms

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How to identify if a noun in German is masculine and what the exceptions are.
Jake McDaniel
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-ant, -ast, -ich, -ig, -ling, -or, -us All nouns that end in one of these suffixes are masculine. Examples on the following cards
der Konsonant b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w y z (non-vowels)
der Kontrast ๐ŸŒ“
der Teppich
der Kรคfig
der Schwรคchling ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’ช
der Faktor Something that contributes to an outcome.
der Zirkus ๐ŸŽช
Nouns formed from strong verbs In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. Examples on the following cards
der Betrieb
der Biss Biss von 87!?!?!
der Fall ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ (not detective) or an instance
der Gang
Common Exceptions for nouns formed from strong verbs continue to the next slide
das Grab
das Leid ๐Ÿ˜ข
das MaรŸ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŒ(for scale)
das Schloss ๐Ÿฐ
das Verbot ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšญ๐Ÿšซโ›”๐Ÿ”•๐Ÿšท๐Ÿšฏ๐Ÿšณ๐Ÿ”ž๐Ÿ“ต๐Ÿšฑ
60% of all nouns ending in -en, -el, and -er examples on the following cards
der Hafen
der Flรผgel
der Schatten
der Fehler
All nouns referring to people (most are taken from verbs) Examples on the next cards
der Bรคcker ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ๐ŸŽ‚
der Fahrer
also family members examples der Onkel Der Bruder meiner mutter Mein vaters bruder
der Vater ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง (the one in blue)
Some exceptions (these are not masculine) all gerunds (nouns derived from verbs in English these usually end in -ing) see examples next cards
das Essen But also the act of consuming these
das Fahren (Gerund examples end here. More exceptions on next cards) ๐Ÿš—โฌ…
die Butter ๐Ÿงˆ
die Regel ๐Ÿคด๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‘ธ
die Wurzel
die Geisel
das Fieber ๐Ÿค’๐ŸŒก
das Segel โ›ต
das Zeichen โ˜ขโ˜ฃ๐Ÿ›‘โ˜ฎโœโ˜ช๐Ÿ•‰โ˜ธโ˜ฏ๐Ÿ•Ž๐Ÿ”ฏโš ๐Ÿšธโ™ป
Note: There are no -en nouns that are feminine
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