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Grammar Rule
All nouns with diminutive -chen ending are neuter.
Exceptions
No exceptions - this rule is absolute
Words following this rule
29 nouns found das
Anzeichen sign, indication
das
Aufwachen waking up
das
Brötchen bread roll
das
Buchen booking, reserving
das
Duschen showering
das
Eichhörnchen squirrel
das
Erbrechen vomiting
das
Federmäppchen pencil case
das
Gläschen small glass
das
Hähnchen chicken
das
Kaninchen rabbit
das
Kennzeichen license plate, mark
das
Kochen cooking
das
Lachen laughing
das
Löschen deletion, extinguishing
das
Meerschweinchen guinea pig
das
Milchkännchen milk jug
das
Mädchen girl
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Märchen fairy tale
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Ohrläppchen earlobe
das
Päckchen small package
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Tauchen diving
das
Teilchen particle
das
Verbrechen crime
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Versprechen promise
das
Waschen washing
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Würstchen sausage
das
Zeichen sign
das
Zimmermädchen chambermaid
Other das rules
All nouns with diminutive -chen ending are neuterAll nouns with diminutive -lein ending are neuterColors used as nouns are neuterMost metals and chemical elements are neuterNominalized infinitives (verbs used as nouns) are always neuterMost nouns beginning with prefix Ge- are neuterLetters used as nouns are neuterMusical notes are neuterNouns referring to young humans or animals are often neuterNouns ending in -um (Latin origin) are neuterNouns ending in -ium are neuterNouns ending in -ment are neuterNouns ending in -ma (Greek origin) are mostly neuterMost nouns ending in -o are neuterNouns ending in -tum are mostly neuterAbout 70% of nouns ending in -nis are neuterNouns ending in -ett are neuterMost country and city names are neuter (used without article)Names of hotels and cafés are neuterMany nouns ending in -at are neuterCollective nouns starting with Ge- are often neuterMost fractions are neuterLanguages used as nouns are neuterScientific terms ending in -ik (from Greek) can be neuterEnglish loanwords ending in -ing are neuterChemical/scientific terms ending in -in (long i sound) are neuter