Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
Betekenis
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
Zo herken je het
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
Voorbeelden
masculine|feminine|neuter|class noun
la casa roja|der Mann|une table
The adjective changes to match the noun.
Visual guide
Noun has a class tag: casa [feminine] Matching words copy it: la casa roja la = feminine article roja = feminine adjective Class → agreement
Class systems vary: No class: no tag to match Gender: masc/fem/neut der Mann, une table Many classes: class 1/2/... Agreement may affect: article adjective pronoun verb
Taaloverzicht
In je moedertaal
Dutch has common versus neuter gender, most visible in de/het and adjective endings.
Het meisje is klein.
The girl is small.
In de taal die je leert
English has natural gender in many pronouns and some words, but nouns do not belong to a broad grammatical gender class system.
The actor said he was ready.
he = natural gender reference
Learners from gendered languages may look for noun gender where English usually has none.
Usually lighter in your learning language
Do not over-transfer this pattern from your own language. It is often less explicit in your learning language.