Rule for feminine · die

Nouns ending in -e

-e ending → die · 89%

The rule, in plain language

Most nouns ending in -e are feminine: die Woche (the week), die Straße (the street), and die Frage (the question) are typical examples of this very productive pattern - in fact the largest phonetic-rule group in our set, with 329 words (13.7% of frequent nouns). But exceptions exist and are worth remembering separately: Ende, Wochenende, Interesse, Finale, and Update are neuter, while See, Name, and Junge are masculine. In practice, the rule holds about 9 times out of 10 (89%), so it's a solid clue, but not foolproof - especially with English loanwords (like Update) or with -e words that describe men (Junge, Name).

In the A1-B1 vocabulary of the Genau course, this rule covers 329 words (13.7%) and has 39 exceptions - all listed below.

Representative examples

The exceptions

These contradict the rule - learn them as-is:

All course words that follow this rule

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