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German Genders Game – Deutsch.ie

 

There is, unfortunately, no definitive way to neatly organize German nouns into “Der”, “Die”, or “Das” categories, which makes the task of learning them a lot more difficult. However, there are some guidelines that can help you (see table below). In the beginning, it is extremely important to learn every noun as a gender-noun pair (der Hund, not just “Hund”) – this will make your life a lot easier in the future!

To see full lists of the nouns used in the above game, check out our German Vocabulary section and click through the various topics.

 

Der	Die	Das
Male people: Der Lehrer Der Polizist	Female people: Die Lehrerin Die Polizistin	Small children: Das Baby Das Kind
Days, months & seasons: Der Dienstag Der September Der Winter	Most flowers, trees & fruits: Die Rose Die Palme Die Birne	Most metals: Das Gold Das Silber Das Eisen
		Verbs used as nouns: Das Rauchen Das Kaufen Das Trinken
Nouns ending in: - ig - ling - ant - us	Nouns ending in: - schaft - eit / keit - ei - ie - ion - ung - ik - ur	Nouns ending in: - ment - um - chen - lein
Most nouns ending in: - en	Most nouns ending in: - e