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Vocabulary · Feminine nouns

German Nouns with "die" (Feminine)

All 3,609 feminine nouns in the A1–C2 list, commonest first. German gender is not predictable from meaning, so the practical route is bulk exposure plus the ending patterns below, and always storing the noun with its article. Drill them in the der/die/das quiz.

der Masculine 3,833 die Feminine 3,609 das Neuter 1,618
3,609 entries
83 at A1
156 at A2
395 at B1
  1. dieUhr hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period); clock,… noun pl. Uhren A1
  2. dieMillion million (10⁶) noun pl. Millionen A1
  3. dieZeit time (as a concept); time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit) noun pl. Zeiten A1
  4. dieFrau woman (adult female human); wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) noun pl. Frauen A1
  5. dieLiebe love (tender feeling of affection); a feeling of love for someone or something particular noun pl. Lieben A1
  6. dieNacht night; darkness noun pl. Nächte A1
  7. dieMilliarde billion (10⁹) noun pl. Milliarden A1
  8. dieOrdnung arrangement, regulation; classification, order, array noun pl. Ordnungen A1
  9. dieRegierung government/administration; the act of governing noun pl. Regierungen A1
  10. dieStadt city (a large settlement); town (a settlement larger than a village) noun pl. Städte A1
  11. dieWoche week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday);… noun pl. Wochen A1
  12. dieFreundin female equivalent of Freund noun pl. Freundinnen A1
  13. dieAngst fear; fright; anxiety noun pl. Ängste A1
  14. dieFrage question (interrogative sentence or phrase); question, issue, matter (subject or topic… noun pl. Fragen A1
  15. dieMusik music; music as a school subject, musical instruction noun pl. Musiken A1
  16. dieArbeit toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job,… noun pl. Arbeiten A1
  17. dieMinute minute (unit of time; unit of angle) noun pl. Minuten A1
  18. dieFamilie family noun pl. Familien A1
  19. dieAntwort answer noun pl. Antworten A1
  20. dieAngabe verbal noun of angeben; indication, specification, declaration (providing of information) noun pl. Angaben A1
  21. dieSache matter, affair, case, question, issue; thing, object noun pl. Sachen A1
  22. dieSeite side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape); face, side, surface of any… noun pl. Seiten A1
  23. dieE-Mail e-mail (system; letter) noun pl. E-Mails A1
  24. dieEins one (digit or figure); Equivalent to "A" (the highest grade) in the German school… noun pl. Einsen A1
  25. dieAhnung anticipation, inkling; clue, idea, notion noun pl. Ahnungen A1
  26. dieTür door (rigid plane on a hinge); door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a… noun pl. Türen A1
  27. dieMom mom; gimme a sec, hold on noun pl. Moms A1
  28. dieTochter daughter; subsidiary (company) noun pl. Töchter A1
  29. dieIdee idea noun pl. Ideen A1
  30. dieEntwicklung evolution; development noun pl. Entwicklungen A1
  31. dieHand hand; handwriting noun pl. Hände A1
  32. dieMama mum, mummy, mom, mommy noun pl. Mamas A1
  33. dieMiss Miss (form of address); title for a beauty queen noun pl. Misses A1
  34. dieGeschichte history; story noun pl. Geschichten A1
  35. dieZeitung newspaper; tidings, news noun pl. Zeitungen A1
  36. dieEntschuldigung apology (expression of remorse or regret); excuse (explanation designed to avoid or… noun pl. Entschuldigungen A1
  37. dieNummer number; see usage notes below; issue (of a magazine, etc.) noun pl. Nummern A1
  38. dieStraße street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or… noun pl. Straßen A1
  39. dieNachricht news, piece of news, notification; message (information which is sent from a source to a… noun pl. Nachrichten A1
  40. dieWohnung domicile; dwelling; lodging; abode; accommodation (any place someone lives in for a span… noun pl. Wohnungen A1
  41. dieKlasse a class; a grouping; form; grade; year noun pl. Klassen A1
  42. dieAnzeige advertisement, announcement (in a newspaper, etc.); display (of a technical device) noun pl. Anzeigen A1
  43. dieHochzeit wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof);… noun pl. Hochzeiten A1
  44. dieReise journey, travel; trip (on drugs) noun pl. Reisen A1
  45. dieTasche bag; pocket noun pl. Taschen A1
  46. dieKarte card (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.); coordinate chart noun pl. Karten A1
  47. dieLust desire; the wish to do or have something; satisfaction of desire; pleasure, joy, fun noun pl. Lüste A1
  48. diePost mail, post (sent and received letters etc.); mail, post, postal service (method of… noun pl. Posten A1
  49. dieKamera camera (device for taking photographs or filming) noun pl. Kameras A1
  50. dieAchtung attention; esteem noun A1
  51. dieAdresse address noun pl. Adressen A1
  52. dieInsel an island, an isle noun pl. Inseln A1
  53. dieBlume flower, blossom (colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm);… noun pl. Blumen A1
  54. dieFlasche bottle; flask; flagon; loser; wimp; someone lacking skill or vigour noun pl. Flaschen A1
  55. diePause pause, break; tracing, blueprint noun pl. Pausen A1
  56. dieSprache language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them); speech (style of speaking) noun pl. Sprachen A1
  57. dieKatze house cat, Felis silvestris catus; female house cat noun pl. Katzen A1
  58. dieMilch milk (white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume); milk (white… noun pl. Milchen A1
  59. dieToilette toilet; toilette (one's style of dressing; grooming) noun pl. Toiletten A1
  60. dieJacke jacket noun pl. Jacken A1

Common questions

How do I know when a German noun takes "die"?

Endings are the most reliable signal: -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei and -ur are feminine almost without exception, as are most nouns ending in -e. Beyond that, learn the article with the noun rather than guessing.

How many German nouns are feminine?

In this 9,060-noun CEFR list, 3,609 take die, about 40%. Across German as a whole the split is roughly 46% die, 34% der and 20% das, so die is a common case.

Do I really have to memorise the gender?

Yes, and it is easier if you never store the bare noun. Say and write "die Frage", not "Frage". The article then comes back as part of the word rather than as a separate decision. The article drill in the practice section tests exactly this.

Grammatical data from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. See sources.