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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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“.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Austrians: da buah