Pattern of loanword gender
Posted: 2007-07-14, 14:06
by Anaruk
Is there a pattern for the gender of loanwords?
Posted: 2007-07-19, 16:21
by SImon Gray
Mostly uses the same gender as the root word translated into Danish. Other than that, objects usually get a t-gender while persons and other animated things get an n-gender.
en manager (person or like "en bestyrer")
et design (object)
en raison d'ĂȘtre (like "en grund til at eksistere")
And so on.