Thursday, December 20, 2007

Masculine nouns

Masculine:
Male persons, animals days of the week, months and seasons, alcoholic beverage (but: das Bier!), geographical directions and most phenomena connected to the weather.Nouns ending in -ig -ing -ast -ling -ich -or -us -m (usually), -er when derived from a verb, nouns derived from the stem of a strong (irregular) verb and not end in -t or -e.

Examples in German:

the man - der Mann
the father - der Vater
the American - der Amerikaner
the teacher - der Lehrer
the boss - der Chef
the psychologist - der Psychologe
Monday - der Montag
April - der April
the winter - der Winter
the north - der Norden
the butterfly - der Schmetterling
the carpet - der Teppich
the Tutor - der Tutor
communism - der Kommunismus
brother - der Bruder
uncle - der Onkel
son - der Sohn
teacher(male) - der Lehrer
salesclerk(male) - der Verkنufer

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