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I thought Klamotten was a kind of slang word young girls say. for " gear". Sie trägt schicke Klamotten = she wears trendy gear. I read an online post that asked "Wo gibts online schicke Klamotten?" = Where can I get some trendy gear online? literally "Where is there online.....? http://fashion.erdbeerlounge.de/Modeforum/Wo-gibts-online-schicke-Klamotten-_t729558s1
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I'm in German 2, and in German 1 my class was taught "die Klamotten" for the meaning of "The Clothing." I see there's comments regarding it, but not truly addressing it. Any definitive answer on die Kleidung verses die Klamotten?
It's just a more casual/informal term from what I understand: http://german.stackexchange.com/questions/5108/unterschied-zwischen-klamotten-und-kleider
From one of my replies in another thread, but addressed to you:
It looks as if you may have moved on to other languages, Carola1991, but should you ever return, or should others have the same question, a number of different resources have categorized various German nouns in ways that can help learners remember the gender. Below are some of the better ones I have found:
Some Hints on How to Guess Gender
Also, if you're not offended by seeing a rather strange photo showing lots of skin at the top of the page, this page here is really rather comprehensive and worth studying: Suffixes.
Gender Rules (how to work out which gender)
German Articles (Gender of Nouns)
What is the gender distribution of nouns in the German language?
Hope these tools help you guess better until you've learned the articles for the nouns you want to know. As you will read in many posts, it is best to learn the article at the same time as you learn the noun.