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german language
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\\\"The Germans avert it and refer to their ships as a \\\'he\\\'.\\\"
This is nonsense. The words for \\\'ship\\\', \\\'submarine\\\', \\\'airplane\\\' etc. are all neuter, but it\\\'s a bit more complicated than that ( surprise, surprise ). If referring to a ship by name only it\\\'s always female even if the name is not. If referring to a ship by class, type etc. it picks up whatever gender the class, type etc. has. For example \\\"the ice breaker \\\'Polar Star\\\'\\\" would be male because ice breakers are male. \\\"the polar star\\\" would be male because stars are male too. \\\"the \\\'Polar Star\\\'\\\" would be female because now you\\\'re referring to a ship by name only.
Likewise, \\\"the battleship \\\'Bismarck\\\'\\\" would be neuter because battleships are neuter. \\\"the \\\'Bismarck\\\'\\\" would be female.
This is nonsense. The words for \\\'ship\\\', \\\'submarine\\\', \\\'airplane\\\' etc. are all neuter, but it\\\'s a bit more complicated than that ( surprise, surprise ). If referring to a ship by name only it\\\'s always female even if the name is not. If referring to a ship by class, type etc. it picks up whatever gender the class, type etc. has. For example \\\"the ice breaker \\\'Polar Star\\\'\\\" would be male because ice breakers are male. \\\"the polar star\\\" would be male because stars are male too. \\\"the \\\'Polar Star\\\'\\\" would be female because now you\\\'re referring to a ship by name only.
Likewise, \\\"the battleship \\\'Bismarck\\\'\\\" would be neuter because battleships are neuter. \\\"the \\\'Bismarck\\\'\\\" would be female.
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Try TroperTales/FanNickname.
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Try [[TroperTales/FanNickname TroperTales/FanNickname]].
