German Nouns - Gender and Declension (course)

The Course

Question: nominative single case of a noun
Answer: the definite article (der/die/das) nominative singular, nominative plural and genitive singular forms.

Standardized rules for nouns are also covered.

The order of the course is based on the Goethe Institute A1,A2,B1,B2, etc classification with subsections using chapters from Tangram and Berliner Platz coursebooks.

If there is more than one correct answer, the most popular one (loosely determined using a Google search) is the answer.

Answers do not include the genitive singular case for feminine nouns, or masculine and neuter nouns created by appending an s to its nominative case.

Answers are given in the pattern:
der Noun/Plural/Genitive
das Kind/Kinder/Kindes

The lack of a plural form should be indicated by an empty slash:
das Erleben/
das Eis//Eises

The 44 Lessons

1. 1
   

   Noun Forms A1 Chapter 5 (56 cards)

   Nouns at the A1 level, taken from Tangram 1 Chapter 5

    
2. 2
   

   Nouns Forms A1 Chapter 6 (42 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 1 Chapter 6.

    
3. 3
   

   Nouns Forms A1 Chapter 7 (20 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 1 Chapter 7.

    
4. 4
   

   Noun Forms A2 Chapter 1 (12 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 1.

    
5. 5
   

   Noun Forms A2 Chapter 2 (29 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 2.

    
6. 6
   

   Noun Forms A2 Chapter 3 (29 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 3.

    
7. 7
   

   Noun Forms A2 Chapter 4 (14 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 4.

    
8. 8
   

   Noun forms A2 Chapter 5 (29 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 5.

    
9. 9
   

   Noun Forms A2 Chapter 6 (28 cards)

   Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 6.

    
10. 10
    

    Noun Forms A2 Chapter 7 (28 cards)

    Nouns at the A2 level, taken from Tangram 2 Chapter 7.

     
11. 11
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 1 (36 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 1.

     
12. 12
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 2 (41 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 2.

     
13. 13
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 3 (28 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 3.

     
14. 14
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 4 (43 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 4.

     
15. 15
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 5 (14 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 5.

     
16. 16
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 6 (24 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 6.

     
17. 17
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 7 (12 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Tangram 3 Chapter 7.

     
18. 18
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 25 (23 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 25

     
19. 19
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 26 (18 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 26.

     
20. 20
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 27 (87 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 27.

     
21. 21
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 28 (21 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 28.

     
22. 22
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 29 (13 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 29.

     
23. 23
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 30 (29 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 30.

     
24. 24
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 31 (11 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 31.

     
25. 25
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 32 (18 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 32.

     
26. 26
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 33 (26 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 33.

     
27. 27
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 34 (9 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 34.

     
28. 28
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 35 (9 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 35.

     
29. 29
    

    Noun Forms B1 Chapter 36 (20 cards)

    Nouns at the B1 level, taken from Berliner Platz 3 Chapter 36.

     
30. 30
    

    Rules by Form (70 cards)

    Rules for gender (and some pluralization and singual genitive form) based on the ending of the nominative singular form of the noun, and the prefix. Note: rules for prefixes take precedence over rules for suffix. Another lesson lists specific common words that are exceptions to these rules.

     
31. 31
    

    Gender Form Common Exception Words (90 cards)

    Common words whose gender is counter to the rules based on suffixes and prefixes, and word form.

     
32. 32
    

    Gender Rules Meaning (42 cards)

    Nouns whose gender is determined by the meaning of the word. Another lesson notes common words that are exceptions to these rules.

     
33. 33
    

    Gender Meaning Common Exception Words (46 cards)

    Common nouns that are exceptions to the gender rules based on word meaning

     
34. 34
    

    Multiple Gender Words (36 cards)

    Based on searching Google, this lists the most common gender of these androgenous words

     
35. 35
    

    Words with Multiple Genders Depending on Meaning (76 cards)

    Band: der Band/Bände, Band: das Band/Bänder, Bulle: der Bulle/Bullen/Bullen, Bulle: die Bulle/Bullen, Band: das Band/Bande, Bund: der Bund/Bünde, Bund: das Bund/Bunde, Ekel: der Ekel/Ekel, Ekel: das Ekel/Ekel, Erbe: der Erbe/Erben/Erben, Erbe: das Erbe/, Flur: der Flur/Flure, Flur: die ...

     
36. 36
    

    Noun Forms B2 (9 cards)

    Nouns at the B2 level.

     
37. 37
    

    Weak Masculine Nouns (57 cards)

    Masculine gender nouns whose form ends in n or en in all cases and number except nominative singular, plus a few other nouns that are similarly declined. Answers are in the form of definite article Nominative Singular form/Plural form/Genitive Singular form In a few cases, a second line lists ...

     
38. 38
    

    Recognizing Weak Masculine Nouns (22 words)

    - Male humans, animals, professions, nationalities - Nouns ending in e - Foreign nouns ending in stressed -and, -ant, -aph, -arch, -at, -ent, -ist, -krat, -loge, -nom, -on

     
39. 39
    

    Weak Masculine Noun Declension Rules (50 words)

    - All regular nouns end in n or en in all cases and number. - A small group of irregular nouns end in -ns in singular genitive. - The singular form (except for the noun Herr) is not declined when there is no determiner before the noun. - The following colloquially used nouns are often not ...

     
40. 40
    

    German Noun Plural Rules (48 cards)

    Rules used to determine the nominative plural form of a nominative singular German noun.

     
41. 41
    

    German Plurals - Unusual Rule Examples (82 cards)

    These words are the most common examples of unusual ways to form the plural nominative form of a singular nominative noun.

     
42. 42
    

    German Plural Rule Exceptions (109 cards)

    Nouns that are exceptions to rules for forming the nominative plural form of a nominative singular noun.

     
43. 43
    

    Noun Forms B2 Chapter 1 (66 cards)

    Fleiß: der Fleiß//Fleißes, Eifersucht: die Eifersucht/, Großzügigkeit: die Großzügigkeit/, Leiden: das Leiden/Leiden, Maßlosigkeit: die Maßlosigkeit/, Reifeprüfung: die Reifeprüfung/Reifeprüfungen, Schwäche: die Schwäche/Schwächen, Trägheit: die Trägheit/Trägheiten, Vorliebe: die ...

     
44. 44
    

    Singular or Plural but not Both (37 cards)

    Common examples where a word is only plural or only singular in German, or its plurality is different in English. Given the German word, choose one of the following Only German plural = English singular Only German plural, only English singular Only German plural = English singular and ...