Articles and Nouns
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Stop Guessing "Der, Die, Das" — Learn the Rules and WinWord Endings That Trigger Feminine Articles1 Quiz
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Word Endings That Trigger The Masculine Article1 Quiz
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Word Endings That Trigger Neuter Articles1 Quiz
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Mixed Articles And Nouns1 Quiz
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Imagine you can just look at the ending of a German noun, and you already know the article? Not bad, right?
Here are a couple of endings that mostly trigger the feminine article:
… heit, …keit, …schaft, …ung, …tät, …ur, ...ion, …enz, ...anz, …ei, …ade
Now, let’s have a look at some examples that you can easily memorize:
Tab on the endings in the chart below, and listen to the audio at the bottom of the list! Then, memorize each noun with its article.
...heit
...heit
die Wahrheit (truth)
die Gelegenheit (opportunity)
die Beliebtheit(popularity)
die Offenheit (openness)
die Gelassenheit (serenity)
die Gesundheit (health)

...keit
...keit
die Sauberkeit (cleanliness)
die Freundlichkeit (friendliness)
die Empfindlichkeit (sensitifity)
die Ehrlichkeit (honesty)
die Schnelligkeit (quickness, rapidity)
die Höflichkeit (politeness)

...schaft
...schaft
die Landschaft (landscape)
die Freundschaft (friendship)
die Wirtschaft (Inn, economy)
die Gesellschaft (society)
die Nachbarschaft (neighborhood)

...ung
...ung
die Bedeutung (meaning)
die Bewegung (movement)
die Begegnung ( encounter)
die Handlung (plot)
die Kleidung (clothes)

...tät
...tät
die Universität (university)
die Fakultät (faculty)
die Solidarität (solidarity)
die Rarität (rarity)
die Realität (reality)
die Qualität (quality)

...ur
...ur
die Natur (nature)
die Figur (figure)
die Politur (polish)
die Zensur (censorship, grade)
die Tortur (torture)
die Klausur (test, exam)

...ion
...ion
die Tradition (tradition)
die Revolution (revolution)
die Rebellion (rebellion)
die Division (division)
die Qualifikation (qualification)
die Explosion (explosion)
Exceptions: der Spion (spy), das Stadion (stadium)

...enz
...enz
die Differenz (difference)
die Präferenz (preference)
die Eminenz (eminence)
die Konsequenz (consequence)
die Tendenz (tendency)
die Frequenz (frequency)

..anz
...anz
die Toleranz (tolerance)
die Vakanz (vacancy)
die Distanz (distance)
die Bilanz (balance sheet)
die Arroganz (arrogance)

...ei
...ei
die Datei (file)
die Kanzlei (law firm)
die Schweinerei (dirty mess)
die Bäckerei (bakery)
die Metzgerei (butchery)
Exception: das Ei

...ade
...ade
die Marmelade (jam, marmelade)
die Schokolade (chocolate)
die Fassade (facade)
die Rollade (blind, roller shutter)
die Limonade (lemonade)
die Olympiade (olympic games)
die Ballade (ballad)
