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Grammar Rule
Nouns ending in -schaft are always feminine.
Words following this rule
38 nouns found die
Bauwirtschaft construction industry
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Bekanntschaft acquaintance
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Belegschaft staff, workforce
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Bereitschaft willingness
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Betriebswirtschaft business administration
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Botschaft embassy
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Bürgerschaft citizenry, citizens
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Eigenschaft quality
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Fluggesellschaft airline
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Freundschaft friendship
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Geisteswissenschaft humanities
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Gemeinschaft community
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Gesellschaft society, company
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Gewerkschaft trade union
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Herrschaft power, reign
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Kundschaft customers, clientele
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Landschaft landscape, countryside
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Landwirtschaft agriculture
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Leidenschaft passion
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Mannschaft crew, team
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Marktwirtschaft market economy
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Meisterschaft championship
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Mitgliedschaft membership
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Nachbarschaft neighborhood
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Naturwissenschaft natural science
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Ortschaft locality
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Partnerschaft partnership
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Reisegesellschaft travel group
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Schwangerschaft pregnancy
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Staatsbürgerschaft citizenship
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Verwandtschaft kinship
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Volkswirtschaft national economy
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Vormundschaft guardianship
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Weltmeisterschaft world championship
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Weltwirtschaft world economy
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Wirtschaft economy, commerce
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Wissenschaft science
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Wohngemeinschaft shared flat
Other die rules
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