Onionguy@lemm.ee to ich_iel@feddit.org · edit-225 days agoIch💏iellemm.eeimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1imageIch💏iellemm.eeOnionguy@lemm.ee to ich_iel@feddit.org · edit-225 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoAll diminutive nouns (with postfix “-chen”, “-lein”) use the neutral gender. Der Hund → das Hündchen Die Tür → das Türchen And while Mädchen is not anymore used like a diminutive form, it got originally derived from “die Magd”.
All diminutive nouns (with postfix “-chen”, “-lein”) use the neutral gender.
Der Hund → das Hündchen
Die Tür → das Türchen
And while Mädchen is not anymore used like a diminutive form, it got originally derived from “die Magd”.