German Gender Groupings - Der, Die or Das?

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The gender of almost any German noun is determined by its form — especially suffixes, which are little endings such as -at, -ion, -ung, -ig, -um, and more. Learn the gender of various forms as opposed to getting hung up on individual nouns and you’ll master German gender in a fraction of the time (apparently)

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Wecker

DER Wecker (alarm clock) -er

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Teppich

DER Teppich (carpet) -ich

Examples: der Bereich (area); der Wellensittich (budgie); der Bienenstich (bee sting).

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Frühling

DER Frühling (spring) -ling

Examples: der Feigling (coward); der Schmetterling (butterfly); der Frühling (spring season); der Säugling (baby).

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Informatiker

DER Informatiker (computer scientist) -iker

Examples: der Chemiker (chemist); der Diabetiker (diabetic); der Asthmatiker (asthmatic).

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König

DER König (King) -ig

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Motor

DER motor (engine) -or

Examples: der Horror (horror); der Professor (professor);der Autor (author).

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Polizist

DER Polizist (Policeman) -ist

Examples: der Gitarrist (guitarist); der Flötist (flutist); der Tourist (tourist); – note these are all used for men, and their female equivalent would have the suffix ‘in’ after it

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Garage

DIE Garage (garage) -age

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Woche

DIE Woche (week) -e

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Toilette

DIE Toilette (toilet) -ette

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Gesundheit

DIE Gesundheit (health) -heit

Examples: die Freiheit (freedom); die Schwachheit (weakness); die Gleichheit (equality).

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Politik

DIE Politik (politics) -ik

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Metzgerei

DIE Metzgerei (Butcher’s) -ei

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Religion

DIE Religion (religion) -ion

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Schwierigkeit

DIE Schwierigkeit (difficulty) - keit

Examples: die Einsamkeit (loneliness); die Gemütlichkeit (cosiness); die Schlaflosigkeit (sleeplessness).

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Freundschaft

DIE Freundschaft (friendship) -schaft

Examples: die Schwangerschaft (pregnancy); die Gemeinschaft (community); die Gesellschaft (society)

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Wohnung

DIE Wohnung (apartment) -ung

Examples: die Umarmung (hug); die Zeitung (newspaper); die Lösung (solution)

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Floristin

DIE Floristin (female florist) -in

(For females) Examples: die Freundin (girlfriend/female friend); die Lehrerin (female teacher); die Polizistin (policewoman); die Tänzerin (female dancer). -in is often added to the masculine form for femaile job titles and nationalities (eg, die Schweizerin (Swiss Woman))

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Mädchen

DAS Mädchen (girl) -chen

Examples: das Mäuschen (little/baby mouse); das Kätzchen (little/baby cat); das Bäumchen (little/young tree).

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Fräulein

DAS Fräulein (Miss) -lein

Examples: das Fischlein (little fish); das Kerzlein (little candle); das
Kindlein (little child).

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Thema

DAS Thema (theme, topic) -ma

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Dokument

DAS Dokument (document) -ment

Examples: das Argument (argument); das Medikament (medication); das Kompliment (compliment); das Firmament (heavens/firmament)

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Kino

DAS Kino (cinema) -o

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Zentrum

DAS Zentrum (centre) -um

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