Neuters:
Diminutives (signaled by the sufix -chen or -lein) generic animal names that includes both sexes, cities, countries (but: die Schweiz, die Türkei, die Tschechoslowakei, die USA (plural), metals (but: der Stahl), letters of the alphabet, colours, languages, an abstract idea derived from an adjective. Nouns ending in -um -tum (but: der Reichtum, der Irrtum), nouns ending -en that are derived from a verb, (other nouns ending in -en tend to be masculine.).
Examples in German:
Europe - Europa
Helgoland - Helgoland
the beautiful Saxonia - das schِne Sachsen
our dear Germany - unser liebes Deutschland
sleeping - das Schlafen
the meal - das Essen
buying - das Einkaufen
the girl - das Mädchen
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