Learn three reliable German gender patterns from noun endings: -ung is always die (die Zeitung, die Wohnung), -chen is always das (das Mädchen, das Brötchen), and jobs ending in -er are usually der (der Lehrer, der Bäcker; die Lehrerin for a woman). Includes the classic das-Mädchen trap.
Die Zeitung, die Wohnung.
Das Mädchen, das Brötchen.
Der Lehrer, der Bäcker.
Die Lehrerin.
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German nouns have a gender — der, die, or das.
You cannot always know it, but the ending gives you a strong hint.
Three easy patterns today!
Words ending in –ung are always die.
Die Zeitung — the newspaper. Die Wohnung — the apartment.
See the –ung? Then it takes die. Very reliable!
Words ending in "-chen are always das."
Das Mädchen — the girl. Das Brötchen — the bread roll.
The little "-chen ending always takes das."
Jobs and people ending in –er are usually der.
Der Lehrer — the teacher.
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