Question | Answer |
-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 | ๐ |
der Teppich | |
der Kรคfig | |
der Schwรคchling | ๐ซ๐ช |
der Faktor | Something that contributes to an outcome. |
der Zirkus | ๐ช |
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 | ๐ต๏ธโโ๏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 | ๐ข |
das Maร | ๐๐(for scale) |
das Schloss | ๐ฐ |
das Verbot | ๐ โโ๏ธ๐ โโ๏ธ๐ญ๐ซโ๐๐ท๐ฏ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฑ |
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 | ๐จโ๐ณ๐ |
der Fahrer | |
also family members examples der Onkel | Der Bruder meiner mutter Mein vaters bruder |
der Vater | ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง (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) | ๐โฌ |
die Butter | ๐ง |
die Regel | ๐คด๐๐ธ |
die Wurzel | |
die Geisel | |
das Fieber | ๐ค๐ก |
das Segel | โต |
das Zeichen | โขโฃ๐โฎโโช๐โธโฏ๐๐ฏโ ๐ธโป |
Note: | There are no -en nouns that are feminine |
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