In German each and every noun has a grammatical gender. We have to distinguish masculine, feminine and neuter German nouns. As this is very different from English, we strongly advise you:
Example: burglar – der Einbrecher (masculine) friendship – die Freundschaft (feminine) parliament – das Parlament (neuter)
We want to provide you with some rules of thumb that will help you to find out about the gender of German nouns: