• ahornsirup@artemis.camp
    5·
    10 个月前

    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
      1·
      10 个月前

      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“.