Timeline for Gender of foreign words and loan words
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| Oct 7, 2015 at 6:10 | comment | added | chirlu | @Ingmar: I'd use it as a plural. I'm not alone: google.com/search?q=%22auf+den+champs-elysees%22 (mostly Tour de France reports) BTW, Tour is another example of different gender usage. | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 14:31 | comment | added | Ingmar | You are missing the point. It is one road, yes, but the name is "Elysian Fields". French uses the plural (les C.E.) without batting an eyelid. | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 13:38 | comment | added | Quandary | @Ingmar: Good point, but then it becomes clear that it is singular, because if you'd say (in Dativ) "auf den C.E.", it would clearly be plural, but the C.E. is only one road. | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 13:33 | comment | added | Ingmar | Not in the dative, it doesn't: Ich ging auf der C.E. vs. Ich ging auf den C.E. | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | Quandary | @Ingmar: Champs Elysées is actually a really really bad example, because it doesn't matter, it's die in singular and plural, which makes the distinction unnecessary ;). | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 13:21 | history | edited | Quandary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2014 at 13:10 | history | edited | Quandary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2014 at 12:10 | comment | added | Ingmar | You are talking about Star and Stern and what article to give to new words. This is not what I had in mind. To repeat my original example: Would you say die Fron National then? What about la Gare de St. Lazare? Yes, "der Bahnhof von St. Lazare" works, kind of, but what if you want to keep "gare": Der gare de St. Lazare? I don't think les Champs Elysées is a bad example at all; it's exactly what I am talking about. I for one consider "die Champs" wrong, since it's clearly plural (die Felder) in French. Opinions may differ, though. | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 11:57 | history | answered | Quandary | CC BY-SA 3.0 |