-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