Gender

Swedish nouns have two genders:

Neutrum, also called EN-WORDS (EN)

Utrum, also called ETT-WORDS (ETT)

EN= Word that in definite (”the”-) form ends with the suffix -(e*)n.

ETT= Word that in definite ("the"-) form end with the suffix -(e*)t.

*beware! words ending on a consonant will need a "help vowel" in their definite form. see ”grisen”, ”huset” and ”bordet” in the examples below!)

So....

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Unfortunately, the logic or reason behind the gender of each word in Swedish is unclear. Here are some general rules (with exceptions of course…) though:

Sincerely, 

Madeleine