Genus der Substantive
In German we have got three genders of nouns: the masculine, the feminine and the neutral. Only the definite article can tell which gender is a German noun.
Gender of noun
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neutral
|
definite
article
|
der
|
die
|
das
|
There
is no rule to define the genders but there are some helpingsemi-rules, here are
some of them:
1- Masculine: the
nouns that end with: -er, -ler, -ig, -ich, -ling, -är, -eur, -iker, -ismus and -ist.
Examples: der Bauer, der Tischler, der Honig, der Lehrling, der Millionär,
der Regisseur,
der Politiker,
der Kommunismus and der Polizist.
2- Feminine: the
nouns that end with: -e, -ei, -in, -heit, -keit, -schaft and -ung.
Examples: die Scheibe, die Bäckerei, die Freundin, die Schönheit, die Flüssigkeit, die Wissenschaft
and die Werbung
3- Neutral: the nouns that end with: -chen, -lein, -o, -ment, -um.
Examples: das Mädchen, das Männlein, das Foto, das Instrument, das Album.
Note: Days of the week, months of the year, seasons and cardinal points are all MASCULINE.
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