In this post I would like to continue with my previous post in which I began to discuss how you can detect German masculine nouns. Today I would like to focus on those German masculine nouns that are not as predictable as the ones I discussed last time.<\/p>\n
Beside male humans, male occupations, and male animals the following nouns are usually masculine in German.<\/p>\n
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a) Nouns that denote animal species<\/strong><\/p>\n A lot of nouns that refer to animals species are masculine in German.<\/p>\n der Pinguin \u2013 penguin<\/p>\n der B\u00e4r \u2013 bear<\/p>\n der Habicht \u2013 hawk<\/p>\n der hund \u2013 dog<\/p>\n der Rabe \u2013 raven<\/td>\n der Schmetterling \u2013 butterfly<\/p>\n der Fasan \u2013 pheasant<\/p>\n der Hase \u2013 hare<\/p>\n der Marder \u2013 marten<\/p>\n der Vogel \u2013 bird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n b) Nouns that denote minerals and stones<\/strong><\/p>\n Names for minerrals and stones are usually masculine.<\/p>\n der Sand \u2013 sand<\/p>\n der Bernstein \u2013 amber<\/p>\n der Granit \u2013 granite<\/p>\n der Malachit \u2013 malachite<\/p>\n der Schiefer \u2013 slate<\/td>\n der Stein \u2013 stone<\/p>\n der Diamant- diamond<\/p>\n der Kies \u2013 gravel<\/p>\n der Rubin \u2013 ruby<\/p>\n der Ton \u2013 clay; fictile-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Exceptions to that rule are: die Kreide \u2013 cretaceous; chalk; crayon \/ das Bergkristall \u2013 crystallized quartz \/ die Kohle \u2013 coal \/ die Koralle \u2013 coral<\/p>\n <\/p>\n c) Names for seasons of the year, months, days of the week, daytimes, and points of the compass<\/strong><\/p>\n Except for some exceptions all nouns that belong to the listed categories above are masculine in German.<\/p>\n der Winter \u2013 winter<\/p>\n der Januar \u2013 January<\/p>\n der Februar \u2013 February<\/p>\n der M\u00e4rz \u2013 March<\/p>\n der Juni \u2013 June<\/p>\n der Juli \u2013 July<\/p>\n der August \u2013 August<\/p>\n der September \u2013 September<\/p>\n der Oktober \u2013 October<\/p>\n der November \u2013 November<\/p>\n der Dezember \u2013 December<\/p>\n der Montag \u2013 Monday<\/p>\n der Dienstag \u2013 Tuesday<\/td>\n der Sonnabend\/Samstag \u2013 Saturday<\/p>\n der Sonntag \u2013 Sunday<\/p>\n der Morgen \u2013 morning<\/p>\n der Vormittag \u2013 forenoon<\/p>\n der Mittag \u2013 noon; midday<\/p>\n der Nachmittag \u2013 afternoon<\/p>\n der Abend \u2013 evening<\/p>\n der S\u00fcden \u2013 south<\/p>\n der Osten \u2013 east<\/p>\n der Westen \u2013 west<\/p>\n der Norden \u2013 north<\/p>\n der Monat \u2013 month<\/p>\n der Tag \u2013 day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Exceptions are: die Jahreszeit \u2013 season (of the year) \/ das Jahr \u2013 year \/ das Fr\u00fchjahr \u2013 spring \/ die Woche \u2013 week \/ die Nacht \u2013 night \/ die Mitternacht \u2013 midnight \/ die Tageszeit \u2013 daytime \/ die Himmelsrichtung \u2013 point of the compass<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be continued…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this post I would like to continue with my previous post in which I began to discuss how you can detect German masculine nouns. Today I would like to focus on those German masculine nouns that are not as predictable as the ones I discussed last time. Beside male humans, male occupations, and male…<\/p>\n\n\n
\n der Adler \u2013 eagleder Fisch \u2013 fishder Hirsch \u2013 stag<\/p>\n der Affe \u2013 monkeyder Hai \u2013 sharkder Iltis \u2013 fitch<\/p>\n \n\n
\n der Basalt \u2013 basaltder Feldspat \u2013 feldsparder Lehm \u2013 clay<\/p>\n der Beton \u2013 cementder Kalk \u2013 chalk; limeder Quarz \u2013 quartz<\/p>\n \n\n
\n der Fr\u00fchling \u2013 springder Sommer \u2013 summerder Herbst \u2013 fall; autumn<\/p>\n der Mittwoch \u2013 Wednesdayder Donnerstag \u2013 Thursdayder Freitag \u2013 Friday<\/p>\n