Determining the gender of Anglicisms according to the examples from German Press

When included in the German language, Anglicisms integrate with grammar system. As it is known, nouns English language have no gender, but if they are accepted German, immediately get grammatical gender which expressed use of an article. In Anglicismzs determined according to following: 1. Biological sex; 2. Lexical similarity; 3. Group analogy; 4. Hidden semantic 5. The number syllables; 6. Morphological analogy. article provides overview each criterium on basis examples from press. material for illustration taken DWDS Korpus. Particular following magazines and newspapers published 2000: Berliner Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Die ZEIT. presents suffixes that help us identify Anglicisms. Angicisms ending -ster, -or, -ik, -ist  also masculine. gerund -ing suffix corresponds noun infinitive hence takes neuter gender. -ment analogy -heit/-keit, -ness feminine. They express physical or mental state derived adjectives. consist a verb particle either masculine neuter. Gender often vague hard identify. certain contexts, not distinct. less familiar word user, greater uncertainty related it. abovementioned criteria dogma determining language. can change over course time. There were some cases where was ambivalent, distinct today. study indicates, undergo changes rules. category morphologically nouns, had great influence