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
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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