Master copies for 54 memory cards for studying definite articles

Peter Heinrich, Wiesbaden 2008

Email: p.heinrich@deutsch-leichter.de
Illustrations:
Andr Kurzawe, Berlin
www.alfons-produktion.de
Super study aid package German as a foreign language
Version 1.3
www.easyDaF.de

Inhalt
Brief explanation
Game instrucions
You have two options for printing out this memory game.
1. On blank cards for inkjet printers designed for this purpose. These cards are available at
low cost at www.pearl.de, order number VM-6361-909. Please click here for a direct link
to order these cards. To print on these cards, please use the templates without visible
grid lines.
Click on the thumbnails to get directly to the corresponding pages:
Degree of difficulty 1

Degree of difficulty 2

Blank-cards

1. You can also just print the cards on somewhat thicker paper and then cut them out
yourself. To do so, I recommend that you use the templates with imprinted grid.
Click on the thumbnails to get directly to the corresponding pages:
Degree of difficulty 1

Degree of difficulty 2

Blank cards

Nouns with special endings

You learned from the workbook, starting at page 17, that some nouns have special endings that
enable you to deduce the correct definite article. Among experts, these endings are called
"gender-specific endings".
To help you remember these endings, we have arranged them into so-called "quasi-words.
This allows us to pronounce the endings as though they were one single word, and makes them
easier for us to remember. In addition, we have associated each quasi-word with a picture, in
order to make the whole thing more vividly descriptive. To refresh your memory, we'll list the
three quasi-words and their corresponding images again:

Nouns with these endings

are always masculine (der)

-ig, -ling, -or, (i)smus

For example:
der Knig, der Monitor

Der Iglingorismus
Nouns with these endings
are always feminine (die)

-heit, -ung, -keit, -ei, -schaft, ion, -(i)tt, -ik

For example:
die Zeitung, die Freundschaft

Die Heitungkeiteischaftionittik
Nouns with these endings
are always neuter (das)

-tum, -chen, -ma, -ment, -um,

-lein
For example:
das Eigentum,
das Fundament

Das Tumchenmamentumlein

Game instructions
You will find lots of nouns with special endings, and their matching cards with the symbols for
the corresponding quasi-words, on the memory cards. If you turn over a noun card and its
matching quasi-word symbol card, then you get to keep these two cards.
There are two different levels of difficulty:
Level 1 - the symbol cards are not labelled
In this level, it is sufficient to turn over a card that has a symbol which matches your noun card.
You must, however, know which symbol you need.
Thus, the following two cards match:

Level 2 - the symbol cards are labelled with one ending each
Here, you must find the card with the exactly matching special ending for each noun.
Thus, the following two cards match:

Have fun playing!

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator

Museum

Universitt

Schdling

Mrchen

Zeichnung

Monitor

Kindlein

Mglichkeit

Honig

Parlament

Zeitung

Sarkasmus

Hndchen

Mannschaft

Strfling

Eigentum

Pubertt

Projektor

Fundament

Freiheit

Organismus

Ktzchen

Organisation

Essig

Stigma

Informatik

Ventilator