Appendix:German nouns which have all three genders

Only a few native German words, and a somewhat larger number of loanwords, can or historically could have all three genders. Many are now only found in one or two genders.

Native words

• Dingsbums
• Dingsda
• Fussel
• homographs: Kiefer m or n and Kiefer f
• Klafter
• Rinnsal
• Rudel
• Unbill
• Wimpel
• Wirrwarr

Loanwords

• Akelei
• Bookmark (from English bookmark)
• Dschungel (from English jungle)
• Gaokao
• Gazpacho (from Spanish gazpacho m)
• Iftar
• Irade
• Ischias (from Ancient Greek ἰσχιάς f (iskhiás) and also short for Ischiasnerv m)
• Joghurt (Jogurt) (from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yōghurt, yoğurt))
• Jus (from French jus m)
• Kompott (historically with another gender than today but also spelled differently; from French compote f)
• Lahmacun (from Turkish lahmacun)
• Petschaft
• Platting
• Preview (from English preview)
• homographs: Queue
• Review (from English review)
• Spam (from English spam)
• Swastika (from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक m (svastika))
• Triangel (from Latin triangulum n)
• Wallet (from English wallet)
• Zigarillo (from Spanish cigarrillo m)

Brand names

• Nudossi
• Nutella