Re: word gender identity
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 1, 2003, 14:38 |
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> > Changing the gender of nouns can also have some unexpected results.
> > E.g.
> > "der Mensch" (masc) = human being
> > "das Mensch" (neut) = wench, hussy, slut
>
>Sorry, I do not know that word with neuter gender.
>
>This contrast exists, but I only come up with words that are more
>vulgar anyway:
>
>'der Arsch' (masc) = the bottom (quite vulgar)
>'das Arsch' (neuter) = arsehole (probably short for '(das) Arschloch')
"die See" = sea, ocean
"der See" = pond, lake, pool
German has a number of these - in fact theses is(was?) a book published
about them
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