Hello.
I study German. If a singular noun is "der" in the nominative case, should I say in English that it is a:
1) male grammatical gender
or
3) masculine grammatical gender
or both?
There is the same issue with the singular nouns, that are "die" in the nominative case: female gender or feminine.
With the singular noun, that are "das" in the nominative case, there doesn't seem to be this issue: There is only the neuter gender term.
I am talking about the grammatical gender of nouns in linguistics, not about the the biological gender of people / animals.
Maybe there is a difference between naming of a grammatical gender of nouns, that are animals / people and between naming of a grammatical gender of nouns that represent nonliving objects..
Thank you.
I study German. If a singular noun is "der" in the nominative case, should I say in English that it is a:
1) male grammatical gender
or
3) masculine grammatical gender
or both?
There is the same issue with the singular nouns, that are "die" in the nominative case: female gender or feminine.
With the singular noun, that are "das" in the nominative case, there doesn't seem to be this issue: There is only the neuter gender term.
I am talking about the grammatical gender of nouns in linguistics, not about the the biological gender of people / animals.
Maybe there is a difference between naming of a grammatical gender of nouns, that are animals / people and between naming of a grammatical gender of nouns that represent nonliving objects..
Thank you.