German noun endings

-ment

Nouns ending in -ment are almost always das.

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

Examples

  • das Dokument
  • das Medikament
  • das Kompliment
  • das Instrument
  • das Parlament
  • das Experiment

Plural

  • das Dokument die Dokumente
  • das Abonnement die Abonnements

Exceptions

der Moment and der Zement are the two that are not das.

  • der Moment
  • der Zement

Endings that take das