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Recognizing neuter nouns in German part 2 Posted by Sandra Rösner on Feb 17, 2012
In my two last posts I discussed that young living beings, continents, and most country and city names are neuter in German. Now I would like to continue with other rules that make German nouns neuter. 1. Diminutives Common German diminutives are the endings “–chen” and “–lein”. When you add these endings to nouns…
German nouns: gender hints Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 20, 2010
In German, all nouns have a particular grammatical gender. They can either be masculine (männlich), feminine (weiblich), or neuter (sächlich). The gender of a noun is indicated by its preceding article: „der“ (for masculine nouns), “die” (for feminine nouns), and “das” (for neuter nouns). Please note that not the thing or person is supposed to…