German noun endings

-ma

Nouns ending in -ma are usually das.

German does not build these — the words arrived whole.The words came from Greek.

Examples

  • das Thema
  • das Klima
  • das Drama
  • das Schema
  • das Panorama

Plural

  • das Thema die Themen
  • das Klima die Klimate

Exceptions

The das words came from Greek. die Firma and der Puma came from elsewhere and kept their own gender.

  • die Firma
  • der Puma

Same letters, different ending

  • die Oma
  • die Mama

Endings that take das