Neuter

 Words that designate young humans or animals, metals and chemicals and the names
continents, countries, and cities are generally neuter.
Nouns with the following endings tend to be neuter when they refer to things:

1. (al)/an/ar(är) at entett
2. Ment(O)nis
3. um, ma, lein , chen
4. –ier, –iv,ed

Small Children
Most Metals
Verb Nouns
Collectives with Ge-
das Gebäude [=building], das Gebirge [=mountain range], das Geschrei [=screaming], das Gebüsch
[=bushes]
Nouns ending in -(i)um; note the suffix –tum das Museum, das Visum, das Forum, das Antibiotikum,
das Aquarium, das Medium, das Opium; das Wachstum, das Datum
BUT NOTE: The suffix -aum is masculine: der Baum, der Raum, der Schaum
AND NOTE: der Irrtum, der Reichtum
Nouns ending in -ma das Thema, das Schema, das Prisma, das Koma, das Komma, das Drama, das
Aroma, das Asthma
BUT NOTE: die Firma, der Puma
Ending:
Male:
Nouns are generally masculine when they end in –tz, (but not –ung), –en (but not –chen or
when derived from verb infinitives, both of which are neuter), –
Day, Months, Season, most weather elements
Points on the compass:der Norden, der Süden, der Osten, der Westen
Makes (names) of cars:
Most non-German rivers
Ending:
F ,ig, ling girls say to boy figling
EL LOGE-- boys say EL loge
EUR , OR, ERgirls say eur or er(euer) apni oqat may raho
Ich ismus ist boys says ich ismus ist  I am king
Ant, ENT, en, et--girl say antENT,EN, ENT means whatever
Many instruments/things that do things (when these words end in -er or -or)
der Computer, der Toaster, der Kugelschreiber, der Motor
 Feminen:
, , -ette,
(if foreign/borrowed from another language)
Words with the following suffixes are almost always feminine:  –.
Most Flower, Trees, Fruit
Most German rivers
Most nouns ending in -e
BUT NOTE: der Käse, der Name, das Ende, das Auge, der Affe [and other animals],
der Biologe [and other male job designations], der Kunde [=customer]
Ending:
schaft,heit, keit, ung, unft, THEK, tion, TÄT, ik ,ei,ie,e,  sis
age, ade, -, , -ette, -ine, , -tur
IN
ANZ/ENZ
a,