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[–] Sebeck012@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it's das Mädchen because it's a sort of diminutive (by use of chen). But it's been a while since I studied German.

[–] ahornsirup@artemis.camp 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Correct, all diminutives are neuter in German. In this instance the base word is die Magd (historically the maiden, nowadays the maid), which is grammatically female.

[–] Gilles_D@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In contrast to Mädchen the equivalent for Junge, „Jüngchen“, has not entered officialese and is seldomly used in colloquial language.

And it is also „das Jüngchen“.

[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Austrians: da buah

[–] tobimai@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Afaik it comes from Magd, which is female lol.

[–] sonnenzeit@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

related to maid, mädel. confer "maiden" in English

[–] tintintin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Aber was machen Sachen :o