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German nouns ending in -ing
Most nouns ending in -ing are neuter: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take das.
Counted across nouns with exactly one article, leaving out compounds, which follow their last word instead.
Common nouns ending in -ing
- dasFußballtraining football training
- dasJogging jogging
- dasOnlinebanking online banking
- dasTraining training, practice
Exceptions
These nouns end in -ing but don’t take das. Often -ing isn’t a suffix here at all, just part of the word’s stem. Most common first.
dieHoldingderFaschingderHeringderHockenheimringderLenzingderNürburgringderSmokingderStringderBedingderBeißringderBeringderBismarckheringderBodystockingderChickenwingderCoatingderEinweckringderErntingderFlämingderFührringdieGordingdieGrätingderHönsningdieHüsingdieKenningderLastingderLemmingderLüningdieMuringderOsningdiePersenningdiePershingderPlumpuddingderPocketingderRäucherheringdieRelingdieSalingderScheidingderSchirtingderSchleifringderSchwimmringderSeisingderSemmeringderTrauringderTübbingderUnterlegringderUrningderVerdingderVorsteckringderWackelpuddingderWikingderWirsingderZeisingdieZwischenholdingderZwischenringdieAhmingderBesingderDelikatessheringderElektroswingdieHendingderMemoryring
… and rarer ones.
58 nouns ending in -ing in our dictionary
das Abschlusstraining das Catering das Coaching das Consulting das Crowdfunding das Doping das Dressing das Ehegattensplitting das Engineering der Fasching das Fitnesstraining das Fotoshooting das Fracking das Fußballtraining das Happening das Hearing der Hering die Holding das Jogging das Krafttraining der Lenzing der Lessing das Lobbying das Mannschaftstraining das Marketing das Meeting das Merchandising das Messing das Mobbing das Monitoring das Nanking das Networking das Neuötting der Nürburgring der Ohrring das Onlinebanking das Outsourcing das Peking das Pressing das Probetraining das Qualifying das Ranking das Rating der Saturnring das Schladming der Schlagring das Shooting das Shopping der Smoking das Streaming der String das Thanksgiving das Timing das Training das Unding der Vanillepudding das Walking der Wedding