How to fix the gender of a completely new noun in Deutsch?
The noun has no natural sex and is not like "Gast + Haus = Gasthaus" and has no suffix that indicates the gender obviously. When the Germans make this new word, how can they fix its gender?

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In combined words the last one gives the article.

Wikipedia (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantiv):
Das Genus eines Kompositums bestimmt immer das Hauptwort, welches als letztes steht. Beispiel: „Wandschrank“ ist maskulin, weil „Schrank“ maskulin ist.
das Fichtelbergseilschwebebahnbergstationstoilettenaufsichtspersonal   (das ... Personal)
:))

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If the borrowed word has an equivalent in German then it takes that gender. Otherwise you saw with Walmart (Supermarkt).

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I guess either it sounds "right" (best) with a certain gender or it depends on the parent noun.

Example "Walmart":
"der Walmart", because Walmart is a supermarket "der Supermarkt"

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