Der, Die oder Das?
DER: * Nouns referring to male persons, professions and nationalities * Names of all seasons, months, days of the week and most times of the day * Most nouns ending in -en DIE * Nouns referring to female persons (many professions and nationalities are formed from adding -in to the masculine noun) * Most nouns ending in unstressed -e * All nouns ending in -ei,-ie,-ik,-ion,-heit,-keit,-schaft,-tät,-ung DAS * Nouns referring to the young of animals and human beings * Nouns with the diminutive suffixes -chen or -lein * Most metals * Infinitives used as nouns (das Tanzen, das Singen) * Letters used as nouns
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