https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/949810873253720064
In Germany they say "german language, difficult language" with a little bit Schadenfreude in their voices, if you made a mistake. Cause they don't even know why it's called "das Mädchen" while you use "die" for every female subject, which in this case would've mean the plural "girls".
Some other strangerman things were collected by a Twitter-Person with the name Moami, who makes this fuckin' hard language better and worse at the same time. Tja (translation: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).
https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/943201490704969728
https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/941822227837677568
https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/937069708825722885
https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/946079832839946245
https://twitter.com/Moami_/status/812401669967400960
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Klugscheisserei am Rande:
Mädchen ist der Diminutiv, also die Verniedlichung von Magd.
Diminutive sind immer geschlechtsneutral, der Herr - das Herrchen,
der Baum - das Bäumchen usw. usf.
Well played. Macht die Sache aber auch nicht unbedingt einfacher, wenn man die Sprache lernen will, fürchte ich.
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