Wanted to ask for some tips since I’m really struggling with this trying to learn German.
I know there are certain ways to guess the gender (e.g. -er endings are usually masculine, -ung feminine and loan words neutral) but often times I’m just butchering the whole sentence by not knowing the correct articles.
Let me demonstrate my frustration: in many cultures the moon is considered “feminine”, but in German it has masculine article!
Bitte, hüfe!
Grammatical genders for objects are easy enough in German. Don’t memorize the gender per word, but per word ending. -e = female.
This is what I would prefer! A clear rule. But I’ve bumped into so many exceptions that have made me really insecure when I try to use the language in my day-to-day life.