robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square347fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down135
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square347fedilink
minus-squareKühe sind toll@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThat’s because of the so called “Dimitutiv”. What it does is basically, it say that the object in queue is smaller version of it. Some examples: Der Baum - Das Bäumchen Der Junge - Das Jüngchen It’s always neutral. The original word is “Die Magd” and the Dimitutiv is Mädchen.
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoAlso, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot).
Das Mädchen (girl, neutral)
That’s because of the so called “Dimitutiv”. What it does is basically, it say that the object in queue is smaller version of it. Some examples:
Der Baum - Das Bäumchen
Der Junge - Das Jüngchen
It’s always neutral. The original word is “Die Magd” and the Dimitutiv is Mädchen.
I know that, but that doesn’t do much to un-confuse beginner speakers.
Also, das Mädchen is just a cute/small Made (maggot).