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Gender of Nouns. Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender 3 grous of nouns : masculine ( der-nouns ), neuter ( das-nouns ), feminine ( die-nouns ) The definite articles der, das, die function like the English definite article the
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Gender of Nouns Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender • 3 grous of nouns: masculine (der-nouns), neuter (das-nouns), feminine (die-nouns) • The definite articles der, das, die function like the English definite article the • Most nouns referring to males are der-nouns, most nouns referring to females are die-nouns, and most nouns referring to young beings are das-nouns • Der Junge (the boy), but das Mädchen (the girl): nouns ending in –chen are das-nouns
Genders and Nouns Masculine Neuter Feminine der Mann das Kind die Frau der Computer das Radio die Lampe All nouns in German take the gender of either masculine, neuter or feminine Capitalize ALL nouns in German ALL THE TIME!