All nouns have a gender in German, either masculine, feminine or neuter. There is not a specific rule in recognizing each gender, so you have to memorize the gender of each. However, below are some quick general rules to aid your memory.
- Male persons or animals, the seasons, months and days are all masculine, as are nouns ending in -ant, -ast, -ig, -ik.
- Female persons or animals, and numerals are all feminine as are nouns ending in – a, – anz, -ie, -heit, – keit
- Young persons or animals, things, places, countries are all neuter.
All nouns in German are capitalized in writing. All nouns (as well as pronouns and adjectives) have a case depending on the function they serve in the sentence
| Animals | |
|---|---|
| das Tier (e) tyahr animal | die Ratte (n) rah-tuh Rat |
| der Hund (e) oont dog | der Vogel (ö) voh-gehl Bird |
| die Katze (n) kat-zeh cat | die Henne (n) hen-nuh Hen |
| die Kuh (ü,e) kuh cow | der Adler (-) ahd-lahr Eagle |
| der Löwe (e) loh-vehr lion | das Huhn uhn Chicken |
| das Pferd (e) pfert horse | die Spinne (n) spee-neh Spider |
| die Schlange (n) shlan-guh snake | die Mücke (n) moo-kahr Mosquito |
| PARTS OF THE BODY | |
| der Körper kohr-pahr body | das Knie (-) knee Knee |
| das Auge how-geh eye | der Kopf(ö,e) kophpf Head |
| das Bein (e) byn leg | der Magen (ä) mah-gun Stomach |
| der Finger feen-guhr finger | der Mund (ü, er) moont Mouth |
| das Haar (e) ahr hair | die Nase (n) nah-suh Nose |
| der Hals (ä,e) ahls neck | der Rücken roo-kuhn Back |
| die Hand (ä,e) hant hand | die Zehe (n) tsay-eh Toe |
| das Herz (en) hert heart | die Zunge (n) tsoon-guh Tongue |
| das Ohr (en) ohr ear | die Lippe (n) leep-puh Lip |
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