Questions about the Noun Gender poster

What’s on the Noun Gender poster?

12 entries in 3 groups. Strong tendencies, not laws. der (masculine): -er, -ling, -ig, -ismus, Days, months, seasons, Weather: Regen, Schn…; die (feminine): -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ur, Most nouns ending…; das (neuter): -chen, -lein – always, -ment, -um, -ma, Infinitives used as nouns, Most…. -chen and -lein are always neuter, even for people: das Mädchen is grammatically neuter.

Who is the Noun Gender poster for?

Noun Gender belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Noun Gender poster?

Learn every noun with its article. These rules cover a great deal, but not everything. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Noun Gender belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Noun Gender?

Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside Noun Gender in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns

Is the Noun Gender poster free to download and print?

Yes. Noun Gender downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Noun Gender poster print at?

Noun Gender is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Noun Gender loses nothing.Printing guide