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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. Home, family, food and time. The nouns you meet in the first weeks. 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. 91 nouns in this set.
- Drag a noun onto a column
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What is in this game
The 91 terms you will drill
Everything the game tests, in plain text, so you can read it first or revise without playing.
| Noun | Gender |
|---|---|
| Mann | der Mann |
| Frau | die Frau |
| Kind | das Kind |
| Junge | der Junge |
| Mädchen | das Mädchen |
| Mutter | die Mutter |
| Vater | der Vater |
| Bruder | der Bruder |
| Schwester | die Schwester |
| Familie | die Familie |
| Freund | der Freund |
| Freundin | die Freundin |
| Name | der Name |
| Haus | das Haus |
| Wohnung | die Wohnung |
| Zimmer | das Zimmer |
| Küche | die Küche |
| Tür | die Tür |
| Fenster | das Fenster |
| Tisch | der Tisch |
| Stuhl | der Stuhl |
| Bett | das Bett |
| Lampe | die Lampe |
| Schrank | der Schrank |
| Wand | die Wand |
| Garten | der Garten |
| Schlüssel | der Schlüssel |
| Uhr | die Uhr |
| Brot | das Brot |
| Butter | die Butter |
| Käse | der Käse |
| Milch | die Milch |
| Wasser | das Wasser |
| Kaffee | der Kaffee |
| Tee | der Tee |
| Bier | das Bier |
| Wein | der Wein |
| Saft | der Saft |
| Zucker | der Zucker |
| Salz | das Salz |
| Ei | das Ei |
| Fleisch | das Fleisch |
| Fisch | der Fisch |
| Apfel | der Apfel |
| Kartoffel | die Kartoffel |
| Tomate | die Tomate |
| Suppe | die Suppe |
| Kuchen | der Kuchen |
| Teller | der Teller |
| Glas | das Glas |
| Tasse | die Tasse |
| Messer | das Messer |
| Gabel | die Gabel |
| Löffel | der Löffel |
| Flasche | die Flasche |
| Tag | der Tag |
| Nacht | die Nacht |
| Morgen | der Morgen |
| Abend | der Abend |
| Woche | die Woche |
| Monat | der Monat |
| Jahr | das Jahr |
| Stunde | die Stunde |
| Minute | die Minute |
| Zeit | die Zeit |
| Hand | die Hand |
| Kopf | der Kopf |
| Auge | das Auge |
| Ohr | das Ohr |
| Nase | die Nase |
| Mund | der Mund |
| Zahn | der Zahn |
| Arm | der Arm |
| Bein | das Bein |
| Haar | das Haar |
| Herz | das Herz |
| Hund | der Hund |
| Katze | die Katze |
| Vogel | der Vogel |
| Pferd | das Pferd |
| Buch | das Buch |
| Papier | das Papier |
| Tasche | die Tasche |
| Auto | das Auto |
| Straße | die Straße |
| Stadt | die Stadt |
| Schule | die Schule |
| Stift | der Stift |
| Ball | der Ball |
| Bild | das Bild |
| Karte | die Karte |
- The gender of 91 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?
91 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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