Nuts & Bolts of German: Gender of nouns: Some detective work (IV)

der Student, der Mann, der Onkel, der Chef, der Radfahrer, der Präsident, der Diktator, der Atheist, der Journalist, der Bäcker, der Florist, der Programmierer, der Engländer, der Ire, der Chinese etc.
 

 

In German, nouns designating persons, their professions and their nationalities are always .
 

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All German nouns have a grammatical gender. They can be masculine, feminine or neuter. The masculine definite article ( =the) in the singular is der, the feminine one is die, and the neuter one is das.

 

Although there is no apparent rationale for this classification, a number of guidelines will help you to predict the gender of a particular noun.

 

Study the list of words on the left-hand side and complete the gender guideline underneath. Fill in all the gaps, then press [Check] to see if you were correct. Use the [Hint] button to get a free letter if you need help.

one famous male person:

the painter Otto Dix in 1957

der Maler Otto Dix im Jahr 1957

ein Werk von Otto Dix

        

 

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Tip: If you don't belong to the lucky few who possess a photographic memory, write down what you learnt while doing this exercise.     

painting: Otto Dix: Corpse in Barbed Wire: https://www.flickr.com/photos/botalex/25022281721
photo of Otto Dix: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Dix_on_April_12,_1957.jpg
Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-45912-0002 / CC-BY-SA 3.0