Memorizing gender: I hear the trick is not to do it separately ("1. I know the word 'Mädchen'. 2. Its gender is feminine.") but as an integral part of the word

Memorizing gender: I hear the trick is not to do it separately ("1. I know the word 'Mädchen'. 2. Its gender is feminine.") but as an integral part of the word ("1. I know the word 'das_Mädchen'."). Also completely forget the non-grammatical male / female association. Treat it like quarks in physics (up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top): Words with the same name as familiar but mostly unrelated concepts. Or maybe like "open(2)" vs. "open(3)". https://linux.die.net/man/2/open https://linux.die.net/man/2/open https://linux.die.net/man/3/open https://linux.die.net/man/3/open Example: "die Steuer" (tax) vs. "das Steuer" (rudder)