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Created with learnclick.com 1 Solutions Third 50 German Nouns - Gender Quiz German Nouns and Genders: 101-150 This is the third set of fifty common nouns in quiz form. You can always click on the "I give up, show me the answers" button in order to study the genders before tackling each set of 10 nouns. Some Patterns to Note in This Quiz: a Once you know some basic gender rules, you can confidently draw rational conclusions when encountering new nouns. Any noun ending with Kind, for instance, will always be neuter: Enkelkind, Einzelkind. Any noun ending with Schwester will always be feminine: Zwillingsschwester, Halbschwester. b Jobs denoting a male worker often finish with -er; when a woman does the same job, the same word is used, but with the feminine ending -in tacked on. Examples in this quiz include der Wissenschaftler and die Wissenschaftlerin. c Of the nine words ending in -e in this quiz, all are feminine except two important exceptions: das Wochenende and das Interesse. Some estimates are that 80%-90% of all German nouns ending in -e are feminine. This is a helpful rule of thumb, but you should focus carefully on the exceptions. This set of Tiny Cards contains all the nouns in this quiz with pictures to help seal them in your memory. You can work through the cards steadily and revisit them until the words and their genders have all found a place in your long- term memory.
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SolutionsThird 50 German Nouns - Gender Quiz

German Nouns and Genders: 101-150

This is the third set of fifty common nouns in quiz form.

You can always click on the "I give up, show me the answers" button in orderto study the genders before tackling each set of 10 nouns.

Some Patterns to Note in This Quiz:

a Once you know some basic gender rules, you can confidently draw rationalconclusions when encountering new nouns. Any noun ending with Kind, forinstance, will always be neuter: Enkelkind, Einzelkind. Any noun endingwith Schwester will always be feminine: Zwillingsschwester, Halbschwester.

b Jobs denoting a male worker often finish with -er; when a woman does thesame job, the same word is used, but with the feminine ending -in tacked on.Examples in this quiz include der Wissenschaftler and die Wissenschaftlerin.

c Of the nine words ending in -e in this quiz, all are feminine except twoimportant exceptions: das Wochenende and das Interesse. Some estimates are that80%-90% of all German nouns ending in -e are feminine. This is a helpful ruleof thumb, but you should focus carefully on the exceptions.

This set of Tiny Cards contains all the nouns in this quiz with pictures to helpseal them in your memory. You can work through the cards steadily and revisitthem until the words and their genders have all found a place in your long-term memory.

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Menschen und Familie

a der Enkelb die Enkelinc das Enkelkindd das Einzelkinde der Zwillingf der Zwillingsbruderg die Zwillingsschwesterh der Halbbruderi die Halbschwesterj die Patchworkfamilie

Meanings: a grandson b granddaughter c grandchild d onlychild e twin f twin brother g twin sister h half-brother i half-sister j blended family(made up of children of various parents)

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Berufe und Arbeita der Berufb der Jobc der Arztd die Ärztine der Sekretärf die Sekretäring der Buchhalterh die Buchhalterini der Wissenschaftlerj die Wissenschaftlerin

Meanings: a profession, occupation b job c doctor, male d doctor,female e secretary, male f secretary, female g accountant, male h accountant, female i scientist, male j scientist, female

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Hobbys und Freizeita das Hobbyb die Freizeitc die Zeitd der Fernsehere das Wochenendef das Interesseg die Leseratteh der Parki das Computerspielj der Ball

Meanings: a hobby b leisuretime c time d television e weekend f interest g literally "reading rat";English speakers would say "bookworm" h park i computer game j ball

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Musika die Musikb der Kopfhörer (often used in plural form: dieKopfhörer)c das Klavierd die Flötee das Schlagzeugf die Geigeg die Gitarreh der Chori das Konzertj die Band (in this case, a musical band)

Meanings:a music b headphone(s) c piano d flute e drums f violin g guitar h choir i concert j band (musical)

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Interneta das Kabelb die E-Mailc die Suchmaschined das Suchfelde die Seitef das Passwortg das Geräth das Interneti die Internetverbindungj die Datei

Meanings: a cable b e-mail c search engine d search field e page, site f password g gadget h interneti internet connection j file