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GRAMMAR BLAST

Common Noun Endings:

-ant (der Elefant - elephant)
- ich (der Tepich - carpet)
- ig (der Honig - honey)
- ismus (der Rassismus - racism)
- ling (der Fruehling - spring)
- or (der Motor - engine)
- us (der Rhythmus - rhythmus)

- a (die Pizza - pizza)
- anz (die Eleganz - elegance)
- ei (die Baeckerei - bakery)
- e (die Sonne - sun)
- heit (die Krankenheit - illness)
- keit (die Freundlichkeit - friendliness)
- ie (die Drogerie - chemist)
- in (die Freundin - girlfriend)
- schaft (die Gesellschaft - society)
- tion (die Information - information)
- taet (die Universitaet - university)
- ung (die Buchhandlung - bookshop)
- ur (die Natur - nature)

- chen (das Maedchen - girl)
- um (das Museum - museum)
- lein (das Haeuslein - little house)
- ment (das Appartement - apartment)
- nis (das Erlebnis - experience)
- tel (das Viertel - quarter)
- verbs used as nouns (das Essen - food)

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