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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