German Gender Quiz 1 - Key
German Noun Gender Hints
ANSWER KEY - This 20-item quiz was based on German for Beginners Lesson 3 and the articles Gender Hints and Noun Suffixes and Gender. You should have reviewed those lessons before attempting Gender Quiz 1.
Answer Key - German Gender Quiz 1
1. das Mädchen (girl) - RULE: -chen ending is always neuter, even if it's a girl. Could also be plural die (girls), but the translation wasn't plural.
2. das Büro (office) - RULE: Words ending in o (from Latin) are almost always neuter, but there are some exceptions: der Euro, die Avocado.
3. die Tür (door) - RULE: None. Just have to know it.
4. der Kommunismus (communism) - RULE: -ismus words are masculine.
5. der Sonntag (Sunday) - RULE: Days of the week are all masculine.
6. der Schnee (snow) - RULE: Precipitation words are masculine.
7. der Wein (wine) - RULE: Alcoholic beverages are masc. (except das Bier).
8. die Musik - RULE: -ik ending is almost always fem. Very few exceptions (der Atlantik).
9. die Freundschaft (friendship) - RULE: -schaft suffix is always feminine.
10. der Rhein (the Rhine) - RULE: Rivers are either masc. or fem.
11. die Universität (university) - RULE: -tät ending is always feminine.
12. die Häuser (houses) - RULE: Plurals are always die.
13. der Film (film, movie) - RULE: None. Just have to know this one.
14. das Radio - RULE: Words ending in o (from Latin) are usually neuter.
15. der Frühling (spring) - RULE: Seasons are masculine.
16. die Verkäuferin (sales person) - RULE: -in ending is always fem.
17. die Gefahr (danger) - RULE: One of the exceptions to the rule that most words starting with Ge- are neuter.
18. das Schreiben (writing) - RULE: Nominalized verbs (gerunds in English) are always neuter.
19. die Ecke (corner) - RULE: 95% of words ending in -e are fem. This is one.
20. der Irrtum (error) - RULE: One of the exceptions to the rule that most words ending in -tum are neuter.
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