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As Someone Learning German, I Know This Pain (lemmy.tf)

submitted 8 months ago by sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

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[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

i don't recall there being any rhyme or reason to gender in german, but it's been many years since i studied. i do remember that the gender of any word like ____-machine would be whatever the gender is for machine.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Native German speaker here, can confirm yes, there are some patterns but mostly the genders are pretty random; but a Waschmaschine is feminine because a Maschine is feminine, yes

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

thank you for confirmation!

[–] Tvkan@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The only actual rule I'm aware of is diminutives (i.e. words ending in -chen or -lein) always being neuter (das). This is also the reason why it's das Mädchen (girl) and das Fräulein.

The rest is arbitrary, and sometimes there's even regional variations.

[–] Username@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

Also a neverending discussion around some "newer" words or brands such as Ketchup, Nutella, etc.

[–] teichflamme@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

There's some tendencies, but a ton of exceptions. I wouldn't call It strict rules.