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German Gender

This page discusses the gender in German. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: Junge
Girl: Mädchen
Man: Mann
Woman: Frau
Father: Vater
Mother: Mutter
Brother: Bruder
Sister: Schwester
Actor: Schauspieler
Actress: Schauspielerin
Cat (m): Katze
Cat (f): Katze

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: Er ist groß
She is tall: Sie ist groß
He is a short man: Er ist ein kleiner Mann
She is a short woman: Sie ist eine kleine Frau
He is German: Er ist Deutsche
She is German: Sie ist Deutsche
Japanese men are friendly: Japanische Männer sind freundlich
Japanese women are friendly: Japanische Frauen sind freundlich

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