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02-B: Nouns and Articles - Introduction (2)

by Marion Charlotte Oploh

Nouns and Articles - Introduction (2)

Read,

listen

and repeat

It seems to be logical that

der Mann (man) is masculine,
die Frau (woman) is feminine,
das Kind (child) is neuter

But why is

der Loeffel (spoon) masculine,
die Gabel (fork) feminine and
das Messer (knife) neuter?

Nobody knows ! These Nouns just follow the grammatical gender.

Here are some rules:

Masculine

Male persons and animals: der Vater (father)- der Hund (dog)

Male professions: der Arzt (Physician) - der Architekt (Architect) - der Handwerker (Craftsman)

Months and weekdays: der Juli (July) - der Sonntag (Sunday)

Seasons, daytimes: der Sommer (summer) - der Abend (evening)

Weather, direction: der Regen (rain) - der Sueden (the south)

Feminine

Female persons: die Mutter (mother) - die Tochter (daughter)

Female professions: die Ärztin (Physician) - die Architektin (Architect) - die Lehrerin Teacher)

Many plants: die Rose (rose) - die Tulpe (tulip)

Note: There are some rules (more than are given here) to recognize the gender at the ending

of a noun. But this does not apply to all nouns .

Therefore, one should learn the nouns along with their definite articles !

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