FEMENINE NOUN


Femine: Female persons, female animals, names of fruits (but: der Apfel, das Ananas), names of flowers and trees, names of a rivers (but: der Rhein, der Main, der Neckar, der Inn) numbers used as a nouns.

Nouns ending in -ei -ie -in -ion -ik -tät -heit -keit -schaft -ung, -e when the word has two syllables (except das Auge, das Ende, der Käse, der Name, der Glaube, and male persons or animals), -t or -e when the noun is derived from a strong verb stem.

Examples in German:

the Mrs. die Frau
the sister die Schwester
the lady doctor die Ärztin
the candidate die Kandidatin
the flower die Blume
the road die Straße
the map die Karte
the unity die Eins
the thirteen die Dreizehn
the million die Million
sister die Schwester
lady die Dame
aunt die Tante
daughter die Tochter
mother die Mutter
teacher(female) die Lehrerin
salesclerk(female) die Verkäuferin



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Masculine Nouns
Neuters Nouns
Number Nouns
Compound Nouns

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