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NOUN
All German nouns belong to one of three grammatical genders: masculine,
feminine, or neuter. For example: Peter [Peter], Koffer [suitcase], Firma [company], Buch [book] are also nouns. Nouns in German are easy to identify because they are all capitalized.
Examples in German:
Our son is driving to the city by car.
Unser Sohn fährt mit dem Auto in die Stadt.
Sohn (son), Auto (car), Stadt (city) are nouns.
NOUNS TYPES:
Proper nouns are names of specific people, things, locations, or ideas:
Karl =Karl
the United Nations = die Vereinten Nationen
Communism = Kommunismus
Common nouns are names of general 'categories' of people, objects, places, or concepts:
boy = Junge
organisation = Organisation
Countable nouns are names of anything that can be counted:
one suitcase = ein Koffer
three books = drei Bücher
many thanks = vielen Dank
Uncountable nouns name what cannot be counted:
wine = Wein
air = Luft
The gender is most easily identified by the noun's definite article in the nominative case: der (masculine), die (feminine and plural), and das (neuter).
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Femenine |
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| the man |
der Mann |
the woman |
die Frau |
| the table |
der Tisch |
the sun |
die Sonne |
| the rock |
der Stein |
the question |
die Frage |
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Neuter |
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| the child |
das Kind |
| the fire |
das Feuer |
| the book |
das Buch |
»» Masculine Nouns
»» Femenine Nouns
»» Neuters Nouns
»» Number Nouns
»» Compound Nouns
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