Which common mistakes do Spanish native speakers studying German make?

Answer 1

It is often quite difficult for a Spanish native speaker to keep track of the correctly gendered article of each noun in German, as this can be very confusing. For example, in German you would say "die Frau" (the woman), but "das Mädchen" (the girl). The article "die" is feminine, whereas the article "das" is neuter. In Spanish, the article for "woman" and "girl" are the same––"la mujer," and "la niña." This is just one example of how the same noun might have a different gender in German and Spanish. And, unlike in Spanish where nouns ending in -o are (with a few exceptions) masculine and nouns ending in -a are feminine, in German there is not a steadfast rule for how nouns are gendered, so you really must memorize the articles for each noun. But don't be discouraged!

Answer 2

One of the most common mistakes I see is that Spanish native speakers will omit the subject of a sentence since that often times is done in Spanish.