The der/die/das rules / Nouns ending in -ment

Rule for neuter · das

Nouns ending in -ment

-ment → das (rare pattern, no examples in our list)

The rule, in plain language

The suffix -ment shows up in German mainly in words borrowed from French or Latin, and the general tendency is for these nouns to be neuter (das). In our current list of 2,400 frequent words, though, the pattern doesn't occur at all - 0 words, 0% coverage - so we have no verified examples or exceptions of our own for it. Treat this rule as background information rather than an active pattern to drill right now, and check any new -ment word individually when you come across it.

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