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German nouns ending in -ung

Every noun ending in -ung is feminine.

Say the article and the noun together. The ending is a hint, not a word.

On the 1,295 common nouns with this ending in the frequency list behind these rules, 99% take die. We label that “always”. The count is from german-nouns (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0). It is not an exam pass rate.

Exceptions in this rule

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

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