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    7 months ago

    End-syllables help a long way:

    For example the often cited neutral: girl/Mädchen is a diminutive. So everything with -chen or -lein becomes neutral and therefore: das.

    (Brötchen, Männlein, Häuschen, Fräulein)

    https://mein-deutschbuch.de/genusbestimmung.html#nachsilben

    As a bonus: in plural everything is “die” so just formulate everything in plural and you are always right.

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      7 months ago

      The problem though is when you get into figuring out if it is in the nominative, accusative, dative, or genitive case.

      Der Hund can easily be turned into den Hund, dem Hund, or des Hundes if you aren’t careful.

      And for the love of God, don’t ask me anything about subjunctive case 😮‍💨