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 fنhrt 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).
Masculine
the man - der Mann
the table - der Tisch
the rock - der Stein
Femenine
the woman - die Frau
the sun - die Sonne
the question - die Frage
Neuter
the child - das Kind
the fire - das Feuer
the book - das Buch
Source : anonymous
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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