German nouns ending in -ment

-ment is neuter: das Medikament, das Dokument.

der Moment is the big exception.

On the 43 common nouns with this ending in the frequency list behind these rules, 95.3% take das. We label that “almost always”. The count is from german-nouns (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0). It is not an exam pass rate.

Exceptions in this rule

• der Zement

Learn the exceptions as pairs. The ending is still worth using for every other noun.

Examples the course uses

• das Medikament
• das Dokument
• das Apartment

In this dictionary

• das Dokument
• das Medikament

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