ABSTRACT

Konditorei f Auto nt Tasse f Computer m

Lampe f Märchen nt Metzgerei f Museum nt

Kirche f Emigration f Zentrum nt Religion f

Liberalismus m Nation f Demokratie f Instrument nt

Zeitung f Kino nt Büro nt Terror m

Meinung f Universität f Solidarität f Motor m

Flasche f Modernismus m Märchen nt Kultur f

1 Nouns, including objects, can be masculine, feminine or neuter. Grammatical gender requires no inherent logical relationship between a noun and its ‘sex’. 2 der/ein, die/eine, das/ein. 3 Masculine: -er, -ig, -ismus, -ist, -ling, -or. Feminine: -ei, -enz, -heit, -ie, -ion, -tät, -schaft, -ung, -ur. Neuter: -chen, -lein, -ma, -ment, -o, -um. 4 They are spelled with an initial capital letter.