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Same with German, which has a neutrum genus but sometimes even uses it for people (the child, das Kind, the girl, das Mädchen, the victim, das Opfer, ...) The n
by dividedbyzero 6y ago
Same with German, which has a neutrum genus but sometimes even uses it for people (the child, das Kind, the girl, das Mädchen, the victim, das Opfer, ...)
The number of inanimate objects that are not gendered must be pretty small. The sun is female (die Sonne), a street is female (die Straße), cars and houses are neutrum (das Haus, das Auto)
- User23 6y agoButter is a fun one. You get different answers depending on who you ask.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoKetchup is much more controversial though (das Ketchup? Der Ketchup? Wars have been fought about less controversial things.)