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From a foreign learners perspective, it is easier to just learn the article together with the noun. But there are rules for 2/3 of cases. https://sprachekultur
by bashkiddie 1y ago
From a foreign learners perspective, it is easier to just learn the article together with the noun.
But there are rules for 2/3 of cases.
https://sprachekulturkommunikation.com/genus-der-substantive-maskulin-neutral-oder-feminin-definition-und-regeln/ https://sprachekulturkommunikation.com/genus-der-substantive...
You can classify by suffix.
* -ung, -heit, -keit -> feminin, e.g. die Schönheit
* -ling -> masculin, e.g. der Flüchtling
* -chen, -lein -> neutrum, e.g das Mädchen
You can classify by category. Every alcoholic drink is masculin, except for beer.
You can classify by phonetic spelling. That is probably the closest you have to Portugese.
- ur-whale 1y ago> there are rules for 2/3 of cases LOL. And are they rules to remember which word falls in the 2/3rd ?
- nitros 1y agoNope, but it's not so different to irregular plural forms or verbs in english. Afaik: At some point in the history of the language there would(?) have been rules for these nouns, but not today.
- bmicraft 1y ago> Every alcoholic drink is masculine - das Piña Colada - die Bowle - die Weißschorl (ÖD: der weiße Spritzer)
- Krasnol 1y ago> - das Piña Colada Been living here for 35 years, and I'd have said "die Piña Colada".
- School-Cotton 1y agoThat’s especially maddening because Spanish does have gender, and “piña colada” is feminine and even involves feminine gender agreement between the noun and the adjective.