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Grammatikregel
Nouns referring to female persons are feminine.
Ausnahmen
das Mädchen (girl), das Fräulein (Miss) - due to diminutive -chen/-lein
Wörter, die dieser Regel folgen
28 Substantive gefunden die
Braut bride
die
Chefin director, boss
die
Cousine cousin (f)
die
Dame lady
die
Ehefrau wife
die
Enkelin granddaughter
die
Exfrau ex-wife
die
Frau woman, wife, Mrs.
die
Freundin friend
die
Großmutter grandmother
die
Königin queen
die
Lebensgefährtin life partner (f)
die
Mutter mother
die
Nichte niece
die
Oma grandma
die
Partnerin partner (f)
die
Patin godmother
die
Schwester sister
die
Schwiegermutter mother-in-law
die
Schwiegertochter daughter-in-law
die
Schwägerin sister-in-law
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Seniorin senior (f)
die
Tante aunt
die
Tochter daughter
die
Urenkelin great-granddaughter
die
Urgroßmutter great-grandmother
die
Verlobte fiancée
die
Witwe widow
Andere die-Regeln
Nouns referring to female persons are feminineNouns specifically referring to female animals are feminineProfessions with -in ending for females are feminineNouns ending in -ung are always feminineNouns ending in -heit are always feminineNouns ending in -keit are always feminineNouns ending in -schaft are always feminineNouns ending in -tät or -ität are feminineNouns ending in -ion or -tion are feminineNouns ending in -ie are feminineNouns ending in -ik are feminineMost nouns ending in -ur are feminineNouns ending in -anz or -enz are feminineNouns ending in -ei are feminineAbout 90% of nouns ending in -e are feminineMost tree names are feminineMost flower names are feminineMany fruit names are feminineMost rivers in Germany/Austria/Switzerland are feminineMotorcycle brand names are feminineShip names are feminineAirplane names/models are feminineNumbers used as nouns are feminineNouns ending in -ade (from French/Italian) are feminineNouns ending in -age (from French) are feminineNouns ending in -ose are feminineNouns ending in -sis or -xis are feminineNouns ending in -ine for chemical substances are feminineContinent names are feminine when used with an article