Regarding the gender of German words.
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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 ...
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Wonach richtet sich das Geschlecht eines Anglizismus?
Wenn ich das Geschlecht eines Anglizismus bestimmen muss orientiere ich mich an 3 Gegebenheiten:
Hat das Wort ein echtes Geschlecht (the mare, die Stute)?
Welches Geschlecht hat die Übersetzung im ...
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Do Latin loanwords conserve their gender?
When I asked my teacher for the gender of Mensa, she replied that it is feminine, because the Latin word mensa is feminine. When it comes to words that share the same spelling in both German and ...
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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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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"?
