German nouns ending in -ig
-ig is masculine: der König, der Honig.
Say the article and the noun together. The ending is a hint, not a word.
On the 18 common nouns with this ending in the frequency list behind these rules, 94.4% take der. We label that “almost always”. The count is from german-nouns (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0). It is not an exam pass rate.
The list we teach has no exception for this ending. Still say the article with the noun, not the ending alone.
Examples the course uses
- der König
- der Honig
- der Essig
In this dictionary
None of the course nouns use this ending yet.