Rule for neuter · das

Nouns ending in -o

-o → das, but a weak pattern with exceptions (0.9%)

The rule, in plain language

A few loanwords ending in -o are neuter (das), like das Auto, das Video, and das Foto. But this is a rare, unreliable pattern - it covers only 0.9% of the course's frequent nouns, just 22 words. Many other -o words have a different gender: der Euro, der Zoo, der Logo, and der Dino are masculine, while die Demo is feminine. The safest approach is to learn each -o word individually, especially the common ones.

In the A1-B1 vocabulary of the Genau course, this rule covers 22 words (0.9%) and has 5 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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