Gender and plurals (AQA GCSE German): Flashcards
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Three genders of German nouns
Three genders of German nouns
Masculine, feminine, neuter
Article for masculine nouns
Article for masculine nouns
der
Article for feminine nouns
Article for feminine nouns
die
Article for neuter nouns
Article for neuter nouns
das
Article for all plural nouns
Article for all plural nouns
die (regardless of singular gender)
Gender of days, months, seasons
Gender of days, months, seasons
Masculine (der Montag, der Dezember, der Winter)
Common feminine noun endings
Common feminine noun endings
-ung, -heit, -keit, -ion, -schaft, -ei, -in, -e
Gender of nouns ending -chen or -lein
Gender of nouns ending -chen or -lein
Always neuter (das)
Gender of infinitives used as nouns
Gender of infinitives used as nouns
Neuter (das Lesen, das Essen, das Schwimmen)
Gender of das Mädchen (girl)
Gender of das Mädchen (girl)
Neuter (exception despite referring to female)
Compound noun gender rule
Compound noun gender rule
Gender of last word in compound
Three always plural nouns
Three always plural nouns
die Eltern, die Ferien, die Hausaufgaben
Common masculine noun endings
Common masculine noun endings
-ig, -ling, -en
Gender of nouns beginning with Ge-
Gender of nouns beginning with Ge-
Neuter (das Geschäft, das Gebäude, das Gespräch)
Critical rule when learning German nouns
Critical rule when learning German nouns
Always learn with definite article (der/die/das)