"The boy and the girl"
Translation:Der Junge und das Mädchen
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You are right, but 'das Mädchen' is a diminutive word. 'das Mädchen' comes from the archaic word 'die Magd'.
All nouns with diminutive endings like '-chen' and '-lein' are neutral, even if their original gender is not.
Examples:
der Hund - das Hündchen | die Katze - das Kätzchen
der Mann - das Männchen | der Mann - das Männlein
die Frau - das Frauchen | die Frau - das Fräulein
(Many words can have both endings that sometimes have different meanings or connotations.)
Thank you! I've looked through some other discussions after this as well ^^
I still couldnt understand because i sm still in 6 and i dont know the meaning of diminutive . Please help me because i have a german test cominb up ...
Correction : i am still in 6th ............... Please help me because i have a german test 'coming' up ...
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Diminutive marks smallness: Das Hündchen = der kleine Hund = the small dog ; Das Hündlein = der kleine Hund = the small dog, etc.
I'm in 8 and i too don't know meaning of diminutive. So plz help me also
I wanna like this but i don't want to break the perfect 222. here's a lingot instead!
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Not quite! Female creatures are usually feminine. But when a Word ends on -"chen" or -"lein" (and sometimes other endings from specific dialects example: -erl in Bavaria and Austria) are neuter. Das Mädchen (the girl), but die Frau (the woman), die Lehrerin (the female teacher), ...
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Many languages have gender and cases... and you can argue, if it is better or not, because less cases limit preciseness and free wordorder: "Das Brot isst der Mann" would literally translate into "the bread eats the man", but the Cases make the exact meaning clear.
I think that should provide information in regards to addressing manculine and femanin
"Der" is masculine which means The Man is "Der Mann", "Die" is feminine which means The Woman is "Die Fraue".
der is a masculine form of the so you put that before a masculine word, but die is the neutral form of the so you put it before a neutral word!
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Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
how come das is used for mädchen and kind but not also for junge if das is supposed to be neutral while der is masculine?
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Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
Why we use das for word "madchen" . Instead " madhen" is a feminime subject... ? Why dont we use "die" ?
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Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
Is it weird that i find german more easy to learn then even spanish? I have no hatred towards spanish,but maybe it just harder to learn since its a romance language
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Duolingo accepts an if you use "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü". This is how you should write it anywhere, where you can not use them. Also it should accept an "ss" as "ß"
I do not have German in my keyboard, hence im not able to type them properly
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The most important spelling rules on capital letters are: The Beginning of a sentence, and every noun
Or „Das Mädchen“, you can write it with an „ae“ and with an „ä“ (to write an „ä“ touch the „a“ key on your phone and hold it)
Answer appears correct but marked incorrect - could this be an issue with the format of the fill-ins?
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"Das Junge" is the offspring of an animal.
der Junge = the boy
das Junge = the baby animal
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write Maedchen, Maenner, Floehe, Huete and Fuss instead of Mädchen, Manner, Flöhe, Hüte and Fuß
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Depends on Dialect, I say [medçεn], but some might even say [mædçən] (if you want it read, go to - http://ipa-reader.xyz/ - and select Marlene [German])
Hi, I'm troubled by the a letter which has a double dot beneath the a. what should I do? did I need to download German languages to my keyboard? Need help, thanksss
It keeps telling me to watch because i don't put umlauts over the a in madchen but don't know how/ cant do on keyboard on phone. Can you help.
It's clear to me that "mädchen" is gender neutral, because of the "chen" suffix. I keep wondering though, is there a femenine gender word for girl in wich you can use "die" with it?
I'm not a native German speaker and so I don't know for sure, but I can't see why "die junge Frau" shouldn't be used for "the girl".
Why is 'the boy' translated in the masculine but 'the girl' translated in the neuter?
See buddy, 'Der' is for masculine words like Mann,Junge,etc. 'Die' is for feminine words like Frau, Zeitung, etc. But when a noun is plural THE is always 'DIE'. Whereas 'Das' is used for neutral words like Mädchen,etc.
You can replace the umlaut by typing an "e" immediately after the vowel the umlaut would go over, e.g. "das Maedchen"
Das is for Mädchen. For some reason, German decided it didn't want 'girl' to be a female word. Love your profile pic btw.
Ughh i hate the repetition of the commas and 'ands' it just makes me switch off
With a MacBook Air computer, you can go to settings>German Keyboard and you can find the umlauted letters where the [;' keys are located (on US keyboard) the only problem is that the y and z keys are switched so you just have to get used to that
Duo should write something special about "Mädchen". cmon, thatsnot a mistake. the fact that "das Mädchen" is.
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Usually hold down the letter you want (in this case a) until a list of choices appears, then select the one you want.
Mädchen --- I have yet to see this term in any lessons. Why do your progess quizzes include terms that have not yet been introduced? This is why I do poorly on them.
Die Frau- Kobieta Der Mann-Mężczyzna Der Junge - chłopiec Das Mädchen- Dziewczynka
How can I write on english keyboard? It wont take it without the special marks.