Grammar SlidesKAPITEL 1

Gender of German Nouns

Gender Article

Masculine der der Mann (the man), der Student (the student), der Tisch (the table), der Stuhl (the chair)

Feminine die Die Frau (the woman), die Studentin (the student), die Universität (the university), die Lampe (the lamp)

Neuter das das Haus (the house), das Bett (the bed), das Kind(the child), das Buch (the book)

Plural, all genders

die

Masculine Nouns

Feminine Nouns

Neuter Nouns

The suffix -er

The suffix -in

The –in suffix is always feminine and frequently denotes an occupation or title; for example:

Present Tense of the Verb sein (to be)

Past Tenses of the Verb sein (to be)

Interrogatives

Interrogatives