German Noun Gender: The Second 40 Nouns

 
Question 1: Social Connections
Colour Coding: Masculine • Feminine • Neuter
• There are many nouns in German with a masculine alternative that, with the simple addition of an -in ending, become feminine nouns. Words ending in -in are usually feminine. For example, der Freund (male friend, boyfriend) is the initial form leading to die Freundin (female friend, girlfriend).
• All words ending in -schaft are feminine: e.g. die Freundschaft - friendship

 Social Connections

 

 Form of "the"

 Noun

Plural Form

 Meaning

 1

 Freund

 -e

friend (m)

 2

 Freundin

 -nen

friend (f)

 3

 Freundschaft

 -en

friendships

 4

 Liebe

 -n

love

 5

 Kollege

 -n

colleague (m)

 6

 Kollegin

 -nen

colleague (f)

 7

Chef

 -s

boss (m)

 8

Chefin

 -nen

boss (f)

 9

 

 Team

 -s

team (work) 

 10

 Mannschaft

 -en

team (sport)
Question 2: Daily Existence
Colour Coding: Masculine • Feminine • Neuter
Words ending in -o are usually neuter.
 

Daily Existence

 

 Form of "the"

 Noun

Plural Form

 Meaning

 1

Brot

-e

 bread

 2

Wasser

 ---

 water

 3

Tee

 Teesorten

 tea

 4

Kaffee

 ---

coffee

 5

Café

 -s

café

 6

Restaurant

 -s

restaurant

 7

Tasse

 -n

cup

 8

Auto

 -s

car

 9

 

Fahrrad

 Fahrräder

bike

 10

Zug

 Züge

train
Question 3: In the House
Colour Coding: Masculine • Feminine • Neuter
Sometimes you encounter "triples" in German gender study: three words of similar meaning with three different genders. While this might lead you to rail against fate, it actually helps to focus on these three words: by learning the triple, you remember each individual case more easily. In the group of nouns below, there is an example of just such a triple: die Couch, das Sofa and der Sessel (armchair).

In the House

 

 Form of "the"

 Noun

Plural Form

 Meaning

 1

Haus

Häuser

house

 2

Zimmer

(-)

room

 3

Tisch

(-)

table

 4

Stuhl

Stühle

chair

 5

Bett

-en

bed

 6

Lampe

 -n

lamp

 7

Couch

 -en / -s

couch

 8

Sofa

 -s

sofa

 9

 

Sessel

 (-)

armchair

 10

Toilette

 -n

toilet
Question 4: Learning
Colour Coding: Masculine • Feminine • Neuter
• Words of foreign origin ending in -tät are always feminine. 
 

Learning

 

 Form of "the"

 Noun

Plural Form

 Meaning

 1

Buch

Bücher

book

 2

Webseite

-n

website

 3

Schule

Schulen

school 

 4

Schulfach

Schulfächer

school subjects

 5

Universität

-en

university

 6

Film

 -e

film

 7

Thema

 Themen

theme, topic

 8

Frage

-n

question

 9

 

Information

-en

information

 10

Sprache

 -en

language