If you're trying to learn German Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your German grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn German. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the German Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. German feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | German Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Weiblich |
| he is happy | Er ist glücklich |
| she is happy | Sie ist glücklich |
| he is American | Er ist Amerikaner |
| she is American | Sie ist Amerikanerin |
| man | Mann |
| woman | Frau |
| father | Vater |
| mother | Mutter |
| brother | Bruder |
| sister | Schwester |
| uncle | Onkel |
| aunt | Tante |
| bull | Bulle, Stier |
| cow | Kuh |
| boy | Junge |
| girl | Mädchen |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in German.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in German? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your German vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | German Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | Gegenstände, Objekte |
| bathroom | Badezimmer |
| bed | Bett |
| bedroom | Schlafzimmer |
| ceiling | Decke |
| chair | Stuhl |
| clothes | Kleider |
| coat | Mantel |
| cup | Tasse |
| desk | Schreibtisch |
| dress | Kleid |
| floor | Fußboden |
| fork | Gabel |
| furniture | Möbel |
| glass | Glas |
| hat | Hut |
| house | Haus |
| ink | Tinte |
| jacket | Jacke |
| kitchen | Küche |
| knife | Messer |
| lamp | Lampe |
| letter | Brief, Buchstabe |
| map | Karte |
| newspaper | Zeitung |
| notebook | Notebook |
| pants | Hose |
| paper | Papier |
| pen | Kugelschreiber |
| pencil | Bleistift |
| pharmacy | Apotheke |
| picture | Bild |
| plate | Platte |
| refrigerator | Kühlschrank |
| restaurant | Restaurant |
| roof | Dach |
| room | Zimmer |
| rug | Teppich |
| scissors | Schere |
| shampoo | Shampoo |
| shirt | Hemd |
| shoes | Schuhe |
| soap | Seife |
| socks | Socken |
| spoon | Löffel |
| table | Tisch |
| toilet | Toilette |
| toothbrush | Zahnbürste |
| toothpaste | Zahnpasta |
| towel | Handtuch |
| umbrella | Regenschirm |
| underwear | Unterwäsche |
| wall | Wand |
| wallet | Brieftasche |
| window | Fenster |
| telephone | Telefon |
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