A smart way to learn German vocabulary is to start with mastering the German nouns. As you may recall, to indicate a specific person, place, animal, event, thing or idea you MUST use a definite article (the) with the Noun. There are 3 German genders. The masculine (the) is der, feminine (the) is die, and the neutral or neuter (the) is das.
Do not try to associate the gender to a particular concept or meaning. For example, the German word for ocean or sea exists in 3 different genders: die Sie, der Ozean, das Meer. Instead you should try to learn each noun with its article. That is to treat the noun and its article as "one" word and learn German nouns as der Wagen (car) and not Wagen.
By treating German nouns as an integral part of the word, you will avoid mistakes such as confusing "das Tor" (the gate) with "der Tor" (the fool).
The good news is that most of the German nouns are masculine, so if you need to take an educated guess...go for "der".
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