Maskuline Nomen
Masculine nouns (der)
Groups of words and noun endings that tell you a noun is a der word.
How to spot der words
- Some groups of nouns follow a pattern. Learn the group and you know the article.
- There will always be exceptions, so they are listed under each group.
Wochentage (days of the week)
Monate (months)
Tageszeiten (times of the day)
Exception
Wetter (weather)
Exception
Jahreszeiten (seasons)
Himmelsrichtungen (map directions)
Währungen (currencies)
Exception
Noun endings that are masculine
-or
-ing
-ig / -ich
-iker
-ist
-är
-er
-ismus
-and / -ant / -ent
-eur / -ör