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Der, die or das: a free German gender game
German gender is the part that never stops catching people out, because there is no reliable rule for most nouns. Work, travel, the city and the natural world. The next layer out. Sorting them repeatedly is closer to how you actually recall a gender than reading a list is.
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How to play
Drag each noun into its gender column: der, die or das. 85 nouns in this set.
- Drag a noun onto a column
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What is in this game
The 85 terms you will drill
Everything the game tests, in plain text, so you can read it first or revise without playing.
| Noun | Gender |
|---|---|
| Arbeit | die Arbeit |
| Büro | das Büro |
| Firma | die Firma |
| Chef | der Chef |
| Kollege | der Kollege |
| Beruf | der Beruf |
| Lehrer | der Lehrer |
| Schüler | der Schüler |
| Student | der Student |
| Klasse | die Klasse |
| Prüfung | die Prüfung |
| Aufgabe | die Aufgabe |
| Frage | die Frage |
| Antwort | die Antwort |
| Wort | das Wort |
| Satz | der Satz |
| Sprache | die Sprache |
| Zeitung | die Zeitung |
| Brief | der Brief |
| Telefon | das Telefon |
| Computer | der Computer |
| Musik | die Musik |
| Film | der Film |
| Foto | das Foto |
| Farbe | die Farbe |
| Kleid | das Kleid |
| Hemd | das Hemd |
| Hose | die Hose |
| Rock | der Rock |
| Schuh | der Schuh |
| Jacke | die Jacke |
| Mantel | der Mantel |
| Hut | der Hut |
| Bahnhof | der Bahnhof |
| Flughafen | der Flughafen |
| Zug | der Zug |
| Bus | der Bus |
| Fahrrad | das Fahrrad |
| Flugzeug | das Flugzeug |
| Schiff | das Schiff |
| Reise | die Reise |
| Hotel | das Hotel |
| Koffer | der Koffer |
| Weg | der Weg |
| Platz | der Platz |
| Markt | der Markt |
| Laden | der Laden |
| Preis | der Preis |
| Bank | die Bank |
| Post | die Post |
| Kirche | die Kirche |
| Museum | das Museum |
| Park | der Park |
| Brücke | die Brücke |
| Dorf | das Dorf |
| Land | das Land |
| Baum | der Baum |
| Blume | die Blume |
| Wald | der Wald |
| Berg | der Berg |
| Fluss | der Fluss |
| See | der See |
| Meer | das Meer |
| Insel | die Insel |
| Himmel | der Himmel |
| Sonne | die Sonne |
| Mond | der Mond |
| Stern | der Stern |
| Wolke | die Wolke |
| Regen | der Regen |
| Schnee | der Schnee |
| Wind | der Wind |
| Wetter | das Wetter |
| Winter | der Winter |
| Sommer | der Sommer |
| Feuer | das Feuer |
| Erde | die Erde |
| Stein | der Stein |
| Tier | das Tier |
| Kuh | die Kuh |
| Schwein | das Schwein |
| Schaf | das Schaf |
| Maus | die Maus |
| Blatt | das Blatt |
| Gras | das Gras |
- The gender of 85 everyday German nouns
- Recall rather than recognition: you pick the article, rather than being shown it
- The three-way choice as one decision, which is how it comes up when you speak
Noun genders and plurals from German Wiktionary via the german-nouns dataset (CC BY-SA 4.0). These sets are hand-picked everyday nouns, not official CEFR word lists: the Goethe-Institut lists are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced.
Questions
Frequently asked
How many nouns does it cover?
85 in this set, and there is a second set at a different level. Every noun is listed on this page as well as in the game.
Are these A1 or A2 nouns?
Neither, and any site telling you otherwise is guessing. The Goethe-Institut CEFR word lists are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced, so these are hand-picked everyday nouns grouped by how early you are likely to meet them.
Why is the article shown with every noun?
Because a German noun without its gender is only half learned. Meeting Tisch as der Tisch every time is far more effective than learning the word now and the gender later.
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