• ahornsirup@artemis.camp
    29·
    10 months ago

    Correct, all diminutives are neuter in German. In this instance it’s the base word is die Magd, 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“.