German Nouns and their Genders (Articles) / A1

 German Nouns / Genders (Articles)

There are two important points to know about the nouns in German language;

 - Every noun starts with a capital letter.

 - Every nounhas a gender.

A noun in German can be masculine, feminine or neuter. Similarly German articles also have three forms.

We will discuss german genders/articles in detail in the following lessons. Here, we will dscuss the articles to understand the gender of characteristic of nouns.

In English, we use "the" to denote someone or something about the things already mentioned or to point forward to a following qualifyin and defining clause or phrase.

On the other hand, German language has 3 different articles or simply "the" and their forms. These articles are classified as nouns genders and every noun in German language has it's own gender.

Note: every noun in German language is capitalized.

German nouns with "der"

"der" article corresponds to masculine gender.

German	English	Turkish
der Mann	man	adam
der Baum	tree	ağaç
der Fluss	river	nehir
der Ball	ball	top
der Vogel	bird	kuş
der Tag	day	gün
der Freund	friend	arkadaş
der Abend	evening	akşam

German nouns with "die"

"die" article corresponds to feminine gender.

German	English	Turkish
die Frau	woman	kadın
die Ente	duck	ördek
die Wolke	cloud	bulut
die Uhr	clock	saat
die Straße	street	sokak
die Kamera	camera	kamera
die Hand	hand	el
die Leute	people	insanlar

German nouns with "das"

"das" article corresponds to neuter gender.

German	English	Turkish
das Kind	kid	çocuk
das Buch	book	kitap
das Auto	car	araba
das Rad	bike	bisiklet
das Geld	money	para
das Haus	house	ev
das Jahr	year	yıl
das Leben	life	yaşam

It is relatively easier to find out the gender or the correct article for the living beings' nouns in German. However, there aren't any determined rules to appoint an article to a noun.

So, please keep in mind while learning the German nouns, we should always learn and memorize the articles along with nouns.

Here, we would like to share some tips for passionate learners to find out the gender of a German noun.

These tips can be regarded only as quick references not rules.

- At the end of this lesson, you can find more German nouns listed for a chance to enhance your vocabulary

1. If a noun ends with: -er, -ig, -ling, -mus and -or, it is most likely masculine.

 - der Jäger (the hunter) / der Körper (the body) / der Bäcker (the baker=

 - der Honig (the honey) / der König (the king) 

 - der Frühling (the spring) / der Zwilling (the twin)

 - der Tourismus (the tourism) / der Materialismus (the materialism)

 - der Motor (the motor) / der Professor (the professor)

2. If a noun ends with: -in, -ion, -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ei, -ik, -tät, -enz or -ie, it is most likely faminine

 - die Professoring (female professor) / die Doktorin (female doctor)

 - die Station (the station) / die Information (the information)

 - die Forschung (the research)

 - die Gesundheit (the health) / die Schönkeit (the beauty)

 - die Geschwindigkeit (the speed) / die Süßigkeit (the sweetness)

 - die Wirtschaft (the economy) / die Botschaft (the embassy)

 - die Bäckerei (the bakery) / die Datei (the data)

 - die Klinik (the clinic) / the Physik (the physics)

 - die Universität (the university) / die Spezialität (the speciality)

 - die Differenz (the difference) / die Ingelligenz (the intelligence)

 - die Allergie (the allergy) / die Biologie (the biology)

3. If a nound ends with: -ment or -nis, it is most likely neuter.

 - das Medikament (the medicine) / das Dokument (the document)

 - das Zeugnis (the certificate) / das Geheimnis (the secret)

	German	English	Turkish
der	der Weg	way	yol
	der Kopf	head	baş
	der Vater	father	baba
	der Ort	place	yer
	der Junge	boy	erkek   çocuk
	der Fuß	foot	ayak
	der Name	name	isim
	der Tisch	table	masa
	der Geist	mind	akıl
die	die Zeit	time	zaman
	die Tür	door	kapı
	die Mutter	mother	anne
	die Nacht	night	gece
	die Stimme	voice	ses
	die Welt	world	dünya
	die Schule	school	okul
	die Luft	air	hava
	die Stadt	city	şehir
das	das Auge	eye	göz
	das Ding	thing	şey
	das Zimmer	room	oda
	das Gesicht	face	yüz
	das Volk	people	halk
	das   Mädchen	girl	kız çocuk
	das Kind	child	çocuk
	das Haar	hair	saç
	das Wasser	water	su