> All diminutives in German are neuter, for whatever reason It’s just one instance of the more general principle that the gender of nouns with a common suffix

> All diminutives in German are neuter, for whatever reason It’s just one instance of the more general principle that the gender of nouns with a common suffix are based on the suffix. E.g. all nouns ending in -keit or -ung are feminine regardless of whether they have any connection to the biological female sex.