Noun genders - how you recognize them
#grammar
Now we know that there are three different noun genders in German. Do you remember which ones?!
masuline, feminine and neuter. Ok. Cool.
It’s very important to know the correct genders of German nouns. You have to learn them mostly by heart. However, some nouns have endings (suffixes) that usually apply to a certain gender and can therefore help you out a bit.
(m): -ich, -ling, -ist, -ismus
(f): -heit, -keit, -tät, -ung, -ik, or -schaft
(n): -chen or -lein
There are execptions of course ;) So treat the “rules” above not as very strict.
Usually -e is feminine as in die BlumE (flower) or die BananE (banana). But e.g.: der JungE (boy).
Nouns with the suffix -er and -ner are likely to be masculine as in der SommER (summer) or der GärtnER (gardener). But e.g.: das MessER (knife).
… So ehm…GermanHeit is… feminine! :) ;)
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