{"id":70,"date":"2009-05-09T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=70"},"modified":"2017-11-13T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T13:44:27","slug":"german-masculine-nouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-masculine-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"German Masculine Nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every German noun is either masculine, feminine, or neuter. It’s easy to figure out a German noun just by looking at it, because all German nouns are capitalized. Sometimes, it’s obvious as to whether a noun is feminine, masculine or neuter. Take for example, (der Vater<\/strong>) father. Other times there are no logical connections between the gender of the noun and its meaning (das M\u00e4dchen<\/strong>) girl.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the endings of a noun can help you determine whether a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter. This isn’t 100% reliable, but it may be a good place to start; especially if you have absolutely no clue about the gender of a noun. Today we’re just going to look at masculine nouns. You’ll see “der” before the noun. The “der” means “the” in English. Der is a bestimmter Artikel<\/strong> or a definite article.<\/p>\n

Nouns ending in -or : Ex: (der Motor<\/strong>) engine<\/p>\n

-ismus : (der Kommunismus<\/strong>) communism<\/p>\n

-ling : (der Liebling<\/strong>) darling<\/p>\n

-ner : (der Schaffner<\/strong>) conductor (as in a train conductor)<\/p>\n

-ich : (der Teppich<\/strong>) carpet<\/p>\n

-ig : (der Honig<\/strong>) honey<\/p>\n

-ast : (der Palast<\/strong>) palace<\/p>\n

-ant (der Konsonant<\/strong>) consonant<\/p>\n

There are also groups of nouns that can help you determine whether a noun is masculine:<\/p>\n

Dates, Months, Seasons : Ex: (der August<\/strong>) August<\/p>\n

Names of Cars : (der Mercedes<\/strong>) Mercedes<\/p>\n

Compass Directions : (der S\u00fcd<\/strong>) south<\/p>\n

Precipitation\u00a0: (der Regen<\/strong>) rain<\/p>\n

Drinks : (der Schnaps<\/strong>) Schnaps<\/p>\n

Occupations : (der Student<\/strong>) student<\/p>\n

Nationality : (der Deutsche<\/strong>) German person<\/p>\n

Once again, this grouping isn’t 100% reliable, but it can serve as a general guideline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every German noun is either masculine, feminine, or neuter. It’s easy to figure out a German noun just by looking at it, because all German nouns are capitalized. Sometimes, it’s obvious as to whether a noun is feminine, masculine or neuter. Take for example, (der Vater) father. Other times there are no logical connections between…<\/p>\n

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