German Noun Suffixes as Gender Predictors 2

Nouns Ending in -er - Usually masculine

NOTE: Because there are so many masculine -er nouns, only exceptions are listed here.

e Butter butter

e Feder feather, quill, pen; spring
s Fenster window
s Futter feed, food, fodder

s Gewitter thunderstorm

e Jungfer spinster, old maid; virgin, young lady
e Kiefer pine
  but r Kiefer jawbone
s Kupfer copper

s Lager camp, storeroom
e Leiter ladder
  but r Leiter leader, head, manager

s Messer knife
  but r Messer gauge
e Mutter mother

s Poker poker (game)
s Puder powder (also masc.)

s Opfer victim, sacrifice

e Schwester sister
s Silber silver
e Steuer tax
s Steuer rudder, helm

s Theater theater
e Tochter daughter

s Wasser water
s Wetter weather
s Wunder miracle, wonder

s Zimmer room