• ahornsirup@artemis.camp
    29·
    2 years 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·
      2 years 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“.