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The -in and -o Noun Suffixes

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Nouns Ending in -in - Usually feminine

NOTE: Because there are so many feminine -in nouns, only exceptions are listed here.

s Aspirin aspirin
r Harlekin clown
s Benzin gasoline, petrol
r Urin urine


Nouns Ending in -o - Usually neuter

NOTE: Gender exceptions are marked *

s Abo subscription (short for s Abonnement)
s Auto auto, car
e Avocado* avocado

e Demo* (street) demo (short for e Demonstration)
e Disco/Disko* disco (short for e Diskotheke)
r Domino* domino (piece)
s Domino (game)
r Dynamo* dynamo

r Eskimo* Eskimo
r Euro* euro

s Fiasko fiasco
r Flamingo* flamingo
s Foto photograph

s Kilo kilogram
s Kino cinema, movie theater
s Klo toilet, loo
r Kongo* the Congo (river)
s Konto account
e Kripo* cops, CID

r Limbo limbo
e Limo* soft drink, lemonade (short for e Limonade)
s Logo logo
s Lotto lottery

s Manko deficit
s Motto motto

r Öko Green (party member), tree-hugger

e Polio* polio, poliomyeltis
s Polo polo
r Popo* bottom, butt, heinie
s Porto postage

s Radio radio
r Realo* political realist
s Risiko risk, odds
s Rokoko Rococo (style, period)

r Saldo* balance (finan.)
r Salto* somersault, turn (gymn.)
r Scirocco* scirocco, a hot desert wind
e Soko* special police commission/unit

r Tacho* speedometer (short for r/s Tachometer)
r Techno* techno (music)
s Tempo speed
s Tempo® Tempo® (tissue), Kleenex®
r/s Toto* soccer/football pool, sports book
r Trafo* transformer (elec.)
s Tremolo tremolo
s Trio trio

s Ufo UFO (unidentified flying object)
e UNO* the UN (United Nations)

s Veto veto
s Video video
r Voodoo* voodoo
r Vopo* policeman (East Germany)

r Zoo* zoo

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