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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoAll diminutive nouns (with postfix “-chen”, “-lein”) use the neutral gender. Der Hund → das Hündchen Die Tür → das Türchen And while Mädchen is not anymore used like a diminutive form, it got originally derived from “die Magd”.
All diminutive nouns (with postfix “-chen”, “-lein”) use the neutral gender.
Der Hund → das Hündchen
Die Tür → das Türchen
And while Mädchen is not anymore used like a diminutive form, it got originally derived from “die Magd”.