German for Beginners
Lesson 3 (Audio)
German Nouns and Gender
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German Nouns - Audio
Use this audio page to hear the examples of German nouns and gender from Lesson 3 of German for Beginners. You can listen to all of the nouns in a gender group or hear the pronunciation of individual words by clicking on any noun.
| NOUNS - Substantive | ||
AUDIO  Click on a linked word to hear it. (MP3) |
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| NOMINATIVE SINGULAR | ||
| Artikel | Gender | Sample Nouns |
| der ein |
masc. | der Bahnhof (train station), Sohn (son), Vater (father), Wagen (car), Zug (draft, parade, train) AUDIO > All the MASC. words (MP3) |
| AUDIO: HEAR ALL THE MASC. WORDS (MP3) |
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| die eine |
fem. | die Anlage (installation, park), Dame (lady), Festung (fortress), Gesundheit (health), Luft (air) AUDIO > All the FEM. words (MP3) |
| AUDIO: HEAR ALL THE FEM. WORDS (MP3) |
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| das ein |
neut. | das Boot (boat), Dach (roof), Geld (money), Jahr (year), Kino (cinema, movie theater), Radio AUDIO > All the NEU. words (MP3) |
| AUDIO: HEAR ALL THE NEU. WORDS (MP3) |
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| NOMINATIVE PLURAL | ||
| Artikel | Gender | Sample Nouns (Plurals) |
| die keine meine |
plur. | die Bücher (books), Dächer (roofs), Fenster (windows), Jahre (years), Radios, Söhne (sons), Zeitungen (newspapers) AUDIO > All the plural words (MP3) |
| AUDIO: HEAR ALL THE PLURAL WORDS (MP3) |
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| Note: All nouns, of any gender, become die in the plural. (Ein can't be plural, but other so-called ein-words can: keine [none], meine [my], seine [his], etc.) That's the good news. The bad news is that there are about a dozen ways to form the plural of German nouns, only one of which is to add an "s" - as in English. - See the lesson and quiz Gender Hints for more. | ||
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