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Warum heißt es “Ruderin”, nicht “Rudererin”?
Aus den Verben rudern und lehren ergeben sich Tätigkeitsbezeichnungen:
Ein Mann ist Ruderer oder Lehrer.
Eine Frau ist Ruderin oder Lehrerin.
Naiv erwarte ich, dass die weibliche Form Rudererin ...
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How is the gender of new words established?
When words are borrowed into German, how is it decided what gender that word should be?
I can think of examples with all three genders: der Latte, die Jeans, das Internet.
Are there ever ...
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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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Why do we have two equally used terms for “toe”?
There are two translations for toe that both are equally used. Both are pronounced almost the same but they have a different gender:
der Zeh, m
die Zehe, f
What is the origin of this ...
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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 ...
