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In Russian all nouns are gendered (he / she / it), and "ship" is "корабль" which is a he.

• zabzonk 3y ago
  > In Russian all nouns are gendered (he / she / it) isn't "it" non-gendered? like most nouns in english?
  • betaby 3y ago
    Native speakers consider 'средний род' (it) as a gender in a grammatical sense, not a lack of gender or non-gender.
  • deleted 3y ago
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  • tempodox 3y ago
    Grammatically, neuter counts as a gender. You could say it's an element of the same `enum` type as male and female.
• schroeding 3y ago
  The same is true in German, most words for "ship" are not female ("she"), but neuter ("Das Schiff", "Das Boot" => the ship / the boat, neuter like in "it") or male ("Der Kreuzer", "Der Schoner", "Der Zerstörer" => the cruiser / the schooner / the destroyer, male like in "he") with very few exceptions ("Die Fähre" => the ferry, female). However ship names are still female in German, not only if named after "neuter things" like counties or numbers ("Die Bayern", "Die Cap San Diego", "Die U-96") but also if they are named after males ("Die Bismarck", "Die Otto Hahn", "Die Prinz Eugen", "Die Gorch Fock").