Definition
Neuter gender is a grammatical gender that
- includes those nouns having referents which do not have distinctions of sex, and
- often includes some which do have a natural sex distinction.
Examples
(German)
Here are some examples of words that have neuter gender [diacritical markings are not reproduced here]:
- das Festmahl ‘the banquet’
- das Madchen ‘the girl’
Sources 2
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 93
- Mish 1991, 795