DEUTSCHEPräsentation
There are 3 different gender in German: • masculine (male) • feminine (female) • neuter (neuter)
Every gender is indicated by an article: •der for masculine nouns •die for feminine nouns •das for neuter nouns
NOUN GENDER
der Mann masculine
die frau feminine
das kind Neuter
DER - Masculine nouns
1. All days, months and seasons are masculine• der Montag (Monday) • der Mai (May)• der Winter (winter)
2. Occupations and nationalities when you refer to a male person are masculine
• der Arzt (male doctor) • der Student (male student) • der Deutsche (male German)
3. male people are usually grammatical male• der Mann (man) • der Junge (boy) • der Bruder (brother)
4. most nouns ending with -ich, -ig, -ling are masculineder Honig (honey) der Teppich (carpet) der Schädling (pest)
DIE – Feminine nouns
1. all nouns ending with -heit, -keit, -schaft, -tät, -ung are feminine
• die Freundschaft (friendship) • die Freiheit (freedom) • die Wohnung (apartment)
2. all cardinal numbers are feminine• die Eins (one) • die Zwei (two) • die Drei (three)
3. female people are usually grammatical female
• die Frau (woman) • die Tochter (daughter)• Die schwester (sister)
4. most nouns ending with -e are feminine• die Ecke (corner) • die Grenze (border) • die Decke (ceiling)
DAS - Neuter nouns
1. all nouns ending with -lein, -chen are neuter• das Fräulein (miss) • das Mädchen (girl) • das Kätzchen (kitten)
2. all colors are neuter• das Blau (blue) • das Rot (red) • das Gelb (yellow)
3. verbs which become nouns are neuter• das Lesen (reading) • das Schreiben (writing) • das Sehen (seeing)
4. many cities and countries are neuter• das Deutschland (Germany) • das Italien (Italy) • das Köln (Cologne)
FURNITURE (die Möbel)
ARMCHAIRder Sessel
CHAIRder Stuhl
BEDdas Bett
BENCHdie Bank
BOOKCASEder
Bücherschrank
COUCH / SOFA
das SofaCUPBOARDder Schrank
DRESSERdie Kommode
DESKdas Pult,
der Schreibtisch
DOORdie Tür
SHELFdas Regal
TABLEder Tisch
SOFAdas Sofa STOOL
der Schemel
REFRIGERATORder Kühlschrank CURTAINS
der VorhangWINDOWSder Fenster
CARPETder Teppich
TELEVISION
der FernseherALARM CLOCKder Wecker
RADIOdas Radio
OVENder Backofen
TELEPHONEdas Telefon SINK
das Waschbecken, das Spülbecken
CLASSROOM ARTICLES
GERMAN WORDS MEANING
die Kreide Chalk
die Tafel Board
der Schwamm Duster
das Papier Paper
der Tisch Table
der Stuhl Stool
der Computer Computer
die Lampe lamp
das Kursbuch Course book
die Tasche Bag
GERMAN WORDS MEANING
der füller Fountain Pen
der Wörterbuch Dictionary
das Lernplakat Calender
der Bleistift Pencil
der Radiergummi Rubber
der Kuli Pen
der Overhead-projektor Projector
das Heft Book
der CD-Player CD- Player
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