is there a rule for gender of english words in german? ex; Der Countdown and das video
#Gender rule
south needle
late plume
I know that there are some rules like : if a word finishes with "ung" or "heit", the gender is feminine
Examples : die Überraschung (the suprise), die Freiheit (the liberty)
And there're many rules like this, but I don't remember them :(
south needle
Yeah I know them, I just want to know if there's also a rule for English words
Actually I thought that English words were neutral
But there's a song where it's written Der countdown
devout tree
Actually I thought that English words were neutral
No, what gave you that idea? Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing the gender of loan words. You'll have to check a dictionary. 🧁
cerulean brook
But there's a song where it's written Der countdown
das ist der countdown tick tickitack
vapid plover
It's common that a word will take on the same gender as a synonym in German. This isn't guaranteed but a common pattern.
south needle
Ah ok, thank you
harsh ridge
I don't know of a rule but in some of the cases they take the same gender as their German counterpart already has. Example: working in IT but talking in German about some computer stuff, we say "das Mainboard" because board = das Brett. We say "der USB-Stick" because stick = der Stock. That's unfortunately no rule as your example "der Countdown" already proves, its counterpart would be "das Herunterzählen".