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der, die oder das Dock (quick launch bar)?
Nach meinem Sprachgefühl heißt die Schnellstartleiste das Dock, so wie auch das http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Dock aus der Schifffahrt. Auch der Wikipedia-Artikel gibt mir recht ...
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How do I build subordinative clauses relating to genderless nouns?
In German there are few nouns that have no article and thus seemingly no gender:
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Nahost
Nord
Allerheiligen
In the example "Nord" we could overcome this by using "der ...
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Why do you say “in diesem Sinne” if “Sinne” is a feminine noun?
The LEO page for "Sinne" shows that the noun Sinne is a feminine noun, yet is used in the phrase "in diesem Sinne".
Shouldn't that be "in dieser Sinne"?
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Der Nacht oder die Nacht?
Rammstein sings "Sie kommen zu euch in der Nacht" in "Mein herz brennt" song, but to my knowledge "Nacht" is of female gender and it's supposed to be "die Nacht". So what am I missing?
And also ...
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Do all nouns from verbs nominalized by the suffix “-ung” have a female gender?
By suffixing verbs with "-ung" we can build nouns, e.g.:
prüfen - Prüfung
meinen - Meinung
richten - Richtung
All those nouns seem to have a female gender. Is that always true or do we have ...
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Why is “Mädchen” grammatically neutral? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Neuter gender for nouns referring to children
My former German professor mentioned das Mädchen as a prime example of why the gender of German words can be ...
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What gender has a “Virus”?
In German there is some confusion on the gender of "Virus" where both masculine and neuter are used:
Das Influenzavirus ändert jährlich seine Oberflächenstruktur.
Ich habe mir den Virus im ...
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Der, die oder das Email?
Is there an official rule on whether it's die Email or das Email? I've heard people use both, although more commonly the female form.
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How can I learn noun genders better?
One of the things that I really liked about German, as I was studying it in college was the very orderly grammar, which actually helped me to understand my native English better.
As a non-native ...
