Nouns and cases

das Femininum

In English: feminine

The gender of nouns with the article die. Female persons and nouns in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät and most nouns in -e are feminine.

Example: Die Zeitung liegt in der Küche.

Related lessons

• Gender and the articles: der, die, das, ein, eine (A1)

See also

das Genus das Maskulinum das Neutrum