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German nouns ending in -ling

Most nouns ending in -ling are masculine: in a German dictionary, 82% of them take der.

Counted across nouns with exactly one article, leaving out compounds, which follow their last word instead.

Common nouns ending in -ling

Exceptions

These nouns end in -ling but don’t take der. Often -ling isn’t a suffix here at all, just part of the word’s stem. Most common first.

dasBowlingdasControllingdasDribblingdasFeelingdasHandlingdasRecyclingdasStylingdasAntifoulingdasAssemblingdasBundlingdasChannelingdasCurlingdasDowncyclingdasFoulingdasGeschlingdieGillingdasHardsellingdasHomeschoolingdasHurlingdasKeepsmilingdasKitesailingdasLabelingdasLawnbowlingdasMailingdasParasailingdasPeelingdasPillingdasProfilingdasRemailingdasSamplingdasScalingdasScrollingdieStellingdasStockpilingdasStorytellingdasTacklingdasTunnelingdasUpcyclingdieWielingdasWrestlingdieYnglingdasDerailingdasIndoorcyclingdieKavelingdasMicroneedlingdasParacyclingdasTimesampling

42 nouns ending in -ling in our dictionary