English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

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What gender is it in German?

Luckily, for washing machine it's the same (female) but with others like sun, moon, or table we're not so lucky. And German having three genders for words and french only two often makes things more complicated.

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Also German is quite systematic in its naming of things (surprise surprise), so specific names have the same gender as the more 'generic' root word for the thing

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