• ahornsirup@artemis.camp
    29·
    10 months ago

    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
      11·
      10 months ago

      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“.