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Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Gender switch between West and North Germanic/reply (4) Feb 27th 2013, 21:25 Revision as of 21:24, 27 February 2013 (edit) CodeCat (Talk | contribs) Latest revision as of 21:25, 27 February 2013 (edit) (undo) CodeCat (Talk | contribs) Line 1: Line 1: − Maybe there was no original gender. Many modern languages have productive processes of word derivation that are not specific to gender. For example, Dutch {{term|-schap|lang=nl}} can be both masculine and neuter. + Maybe there was no original gender. Many modern languages have productive processes of word derivation that are not specific to gender. For example, Dutch {{term|-schap|lang=nl}} can be both feminine and neuter, and different words that are derived with it have different genders. {{term|gemeenschap|lang=nl}} is feminine gender while {{term|gereedschap|lang=nl}} is neuter. Maybe there was no original gender. Many modern languages have productive processes of word derivation that are not specific to gender. For example, Dutch -schap can be both feminine and neuter, and different words that are derived with it have different genders. gemeenschap is feminine gender while gereedschap is neuter.

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