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Gender
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Geschlecht
the fact or condition of being male, female or non-binary that people identify themselves with based on social and cultural roles
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Geschlecht, grammatisches Geschlecht
(grammar) a class of words indicating whether they are feminine, masculine, or neuter
What is "gender"?
Gender is a grammatical category that classifies nouns, pronouns, and adjectives based on their association with masculine, feminine, or neuter qualities. This classification can affect word forms and agreement in a sentence. For example, in languages like Spanish and French, nouns are often assigned a gender, such as "doctor," which can be "médico" for a male doctor and "médica" for a female doctor in Spanish. In English, gender is less prominent, but it still appears in pronouns, such as "he" for masculine and "she" for feminine. Understanding gender is important for maintaining grammatical agreement and clarity in communication.
Example
The gender of nouns in languages like Latin and Greek is determined by their endings and can sometimes be unpredictable for non-native speakers.
English does not have grammatical gender in the same way as many other languages, although pronouns like ' he, ' ' she, ' and ' it ' can indicate natural gender.
In linguistics, gender is a grammatical category that plays a role in agreement between nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles within a sentence.
word family
gender
gender
Noun
Beispiel
Nahegelegene Wörter
