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The suffix -in.

Masculine: der Nachbar
Feminine: die Nachbarin
Feminine plural: die Nachbarinnen

The suffix -in is added to the singular masculine noun to give the feminine equivalent. The plural of a noun with the suffix -in ends in -nen.

Give the other form of the word.
1. die Freundin / der Freund
2. der Student / die Studentin
3. die Amerikanerin / der Amerikaner
4. der Einwohner / die Einwohnerin
5. die Ingenieurin / der Ingenieur
6. der Journalist / die Journalistin
7. die Musikerin / der Musiker
8. der Physiotherapeut / die Physiotherapeutin

Names of Countries - The names of most countries are neuter, and articles are not used iwth the names of countries unless the name is preceded by an adjective, or if the country name is feminine or plural.

1. Italien - Italy
2. Spanien - Spain
3. Griechenland - Greece
4. Russland - Russia
5. Brasilien - Brazil
6. Frankreich - France
7. Norwegen - Norway
8. Liechtenstein - duh
9. die Türkei - Turkey
10. die Niederlande - Netherlands

Nouns indicating citizenship and nationality
Berlin, der Berliner, die Berlinerin
Österreich, der Österreicher, die Österreicherin
die Schweiz, der Schweizer, die Schweizerin
Amerika, der Amerikaner, die Amerikanerin
Kanada, der Kanadier, die Kanadierin
Deutschland, der Deutsche (ein Deutscher), die Deutsche (Note the e at the end of the word)

The noun suffix -er is added to the name of many cities, states, or countries to indicate a male citizen or inhabitant. Some nouns take an umlaut (Engländer). To indicate a female citizen or inhabitant the additional suffix -in is added to the -er suffix (Berlinerin, Engländerin).
In some instances the -er/-erin is added to the modified form of the country (Kanadier/Kanadierin). Other countries have still other forms to indicate the citizen or inhabitant (Deutscher/Deutsche).

Mark ist Deutscher
Anna ist Deutsche

Note that to state a persons nationality, German uses the noun directly after a form of sein. The indefinite article ein is not used, whereas in English nouns of nationality may be preceded bz an indefinite article.


First discovery of the evening: I don't know how to put on a wig. More correctly, I don't know how to put up my hair to put on a wig. Fortunately, this is what the internet is for. Second discovery of the evening: Fried rice tastes decent on the 1-2-3 (1 tbsp mirin, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 3 tbsp soy sauce). Third discovery of the evening: I suck at taking pictures of my own face. I suppose this is what professional photographers are for! Or tripods and timers.

Fourth discovery of the evening: Why yes, I do still have fits of negative body image. Ugh. That was a much less welcome discovery.

Right. Um... something. I had a thought but it went away. I'm still not sure which wig to use or if I shoul wait and get better about putting on the damn wig, or look in the shop across the street. Decisions. And Mark Sheppard perhaps being evil again. My complete lack of surprise, let me show you it. I swear, if he turns out to be a good guy it will be the first time and I really will be surprised.

Nngh. Poor self image still nagging. On the plus side, I have my lunch packed, my German done, pretty much the only thing I have to do in the next two and some odd hours is write. And possibly put some books away and do a couple dishes, which will take all of ten minutes. So... I had probably better get started on that, hadn't I? Yes. And stop dwelling on whatever it was that I think I saw in the mirror, because half of it was probably my own imagination and god knows what else the rest of it was. It's 8pm, quite possibly some of it was exhaustion. And some of it, yes, was me needing to get in better shape still. Ongoing battle. But, christ. I need bigger boots to stop on this thing.