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What I've also noticed in myself and other people is that seemingly weird German genders come from not saying the second part of a compound word. I.e. "das Fac
by Double_a_92 8y ago
What I've also noticed in myself and other people is that seemingly weird German genders come from not saying the second part of a compound word.
I.e. "das Factory" which does sound somewhat weird (because I would think of "die Fabrik" instead), comes from "das Factory-Pattern" where "Pattern" ("das Muster") was omitted for brevity.
- GarvielLoken 8y agoYeah like in Spanish "la moto", which would make you think that's wrong because moto ends on o and should be masculine. But turns out it is actually a short for "la motocicleta", which ends in an a.