Comment on English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

Maultasche@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What gender is it in German?

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  • Maultasche@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Luckily, for washing machine it’s the same (female) but with others like sun, moon, or table we’re not so lucky. And German having three genders for words and french only two often makes things more complicated.

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    • sverit@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Seems like both?

      le lave-linge / la machine à laver

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      die Waschmaschine

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      • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Idk we can do this too, der Waschautomat, less common of course but…

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also German is quite systematic in its naming of things (surprise surprise), so specific names have the same gender as the more ‘generic’ root word for the thing

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• Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s frustratingly different.

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