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minus-squarekossa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·10 hours agoYeah, no, it doesn’t make sense: Der Mann (the man - male article) Die Frau (the woman - female article) Der Junge (the boy - male article) Das Mädchen (the girl - neutral article) Like, come on gendered articles, you had one job.
minus-squareskibidi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 hours agoAnything with -chen/-klein (a diminutive) is neuter. E.g. in addition to Mädchen there is Jungchen (~“youngster”) that is also neuter rather than masculine.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 minutes agoMaid. Man kann sich auch lernresistenter geben als man ist.
Yeah, no, it doesn’t make sense:
Der Mann (the man - male article)
Die Frau (the woman - female article)
Der Junge (the boy - male article)
Das Mädchen (the girl - neutral article)
Like, come on gendered articles, you had one job.
Anything with -chen/-klein (a diminutive) is neuter.
E.g. in addition to Mädchen there is Jungchen (~“youngster”) that is also neuter rather than masculine.
But there’s no Mäd.
Maid. Man kann sich auch lernresistenter geben als man ist.