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Topic test · B1

Nominalization test

10questions
8minutes
60%pass mark
Start the test Read the topic first

One question at a time, the clock runs. Answers stay closed like a real exam: you see every correct answer with its explanation at the end. Score 60% to finish the topic.

Topic test

10 questions, easy to hard

Pick an option and press «Next». You can go back and change it. Anything left blank counts as wrong.

Entscheidung war richtig.

The decision was right.

Die — nouns ending in -ung are feminine, without exception. This ending makes a noun from a verb (entscheiden → die Entscheidung) and brings its article along.

Ich suche eine neue . (wohnen)

I’m looking for a new apartment.

To make a noun from the verb wohnen (to live, to reside) you use -ung: die Wohnung (apartment).

Gesundheit und sind wichtig. (frei)

Health and freedom are important.

To make a noun from the adjective frei (free) you use -heit: die Freiheit.

The phrase Das Möglichkeit is correct.

False. Nouns ending in -keit always take die: die Möglichkeit.

Im Krankenhaus ist (sauber) wichtig.

In a hospital, cleanliness is important.

sauber → Sauberkeit. Some adjectives ending in -er (sauber, heiter) take the ending -keit.

Er leidet an einer schweren . (krank)

He suffers from a serious illness.

Krankheit — the ending that makes a noun from an adjective is -heit: krank → die Krankheit. Nouns ending in -heit are also always feminine.

Beim höre ich Musik. (arbeiten)

I listen to music while working.

beim + infinitive (bei dem) means “while …-ing”: while working. arbeiten → das Arbeiten.

Wir diskutieren über das . (lesen)

We’re discussing reading.

To make the action of a verb a noun, use das + infinitive: das Lesen (the act of reading).

Der (fahren) ist sehr müde.

The driver is very tired.

To make the person who does the verb fahren (the driver), use -er: der Fahrer.

Build the sentence: That is a good opportunity. (die Möglichkeit)

Tap the pieces to build the sentence

The ending -keit always takes the article die, so it is eine gute Möglichkeit.
Quick rules

The rules in three lines

The full topic lives on its own page. This is only the core you need for the test.

  1. -ung, -heit and -keit always take die

    The gender of nouns with these endings never changes: it is always die (feminine).

    die Wohnung, die Freiheit, die Möglichkeit

  2. das + infinitive makes the action a noun

    If you capitalise the infinitive of a verb and put das in front of it, it becomes a noun.

    das Lesen, das Schreiben

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Der Wohnung ist groß.

    Die Wohnung ist groß.

    The ending -ung always takes die.