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ycuser2 ◴[16 May 25 04:37 UTC] No.44001883[source]▶

"Tomcat" is male in German, not female: Der Kater.

"Wife" is female in German, not neutral: Die Ehefrau. "Weib" is old language and rude to use these days.

bradley13 ◴[16 May 25 06:19 UTC] No.44002319[source]▶

And a girl is a "Mädchen", which is neuter, even though a boys is a "Knabe" and definitely male.

Amongst guys, women are still sometimes referred collectively to as "Weiber".

jcmontx ◴[16 May 25 16:50 UTC] No.44007528[source]▶

A German guy once told me "Weizen und Weiber stößt man von unten"

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junga ◴[16 May 25 18:36 UTC] No.44008557[source]▶

Instant „Fremdscham“.

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1. lucb1e ◴[16 May 25 20:28 UTC] No.44009534[source]▶

secondhand embarrassment, for anyone not speaking german here

I'm not translating the post above that

The Awful German Language (1880)