Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:
> En réponse à Andreas Johansson :
>
>
> >I usually reach for _Weib_ when I need an example for this. Is there
> any
> >explanation for this one to be found?
>
> Apart from history? :)) None. I didn't say that there were no
> exceptions,
> just that they are rare. And Henrik agreed with me on that. "Weib" is
> an
> exception, but he couldn't find any other.
What about _Mensch_ when refering to a female? Does that use _er_ or _sie_?
Swedish _människa_ "human" is feminine, but at least I would use a masculine
pronoun when it refers to a specific male individual - _Vad tror människan att
han sysslar med?_.
Andreas