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Note
Genitive masculine and neuter- one syllable words ending in a consonant + es
- des Mannes
- des Kindes
- des Hauses
- des Mondes (of the moon)
- longer words ending in consonants + s
- des Computers
- words ending in vowels take s
- des Kaffees
- finally there is a group of weak masculine nouns, mostly describing people or animals ending in n. Watch out for those, when they come up
Breakdown of die Geschichte des Mannes
der Mann
the man
die Geschichte
the story
another feminine word - think of mum telling a bed time story
- let's remember our feminine words so far:
- die Frau
- die Pizza
- die Firma
- die Geschichte
die
the - feminine definite article
des
of the - masculine, neuter
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