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points by spankibalt 3 days ago | 0 comments
“Maiden” in German is neutral.

Nachweise erbeten (citations, please). :)

[–] dpark 2 days ago
Should have said ‘The German word for “Maiden” is neutral.’

My phrasing was ambiguous and my German is rusty, hence the archaic translation.

[–] heinrich5991 3 days ago
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mädchen
[–] spankibalt 3 days ago
I was asking for Maiden, plural of Maid. [1]

1. [https://www.dwds.de/wb/Maid]

[–] lazyasciiart 2 days ago
As my high school teacher memorably put it: “in Germany girls have no sex”.
[–] mike_hearn 3 days ago
dpark is using a slightly archaic translation, Mädchen would normally be rendered as "girl" in modern English.
[–] dpark 2 days ago
Correct. I was referring to Mädchen and my German is extremely rusty.