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  2. Gender in Dutch grammar - Wikipedia

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    In the Dutch language, the gender of a noun determines the articles, adjective forms and pronouns that are used in reference to that noun.Gender is a complicated topic in Dutch, because depending on the geographical area or each individual speaker, there are either three genders in a regular structure or two genders in a dichotomous structure (neuter/common with vestiges of a three-gender ...

  3. List of languages by type of grammatical genders - Wikipedia

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    Dutch (The masculine and the feminine have merged into a common gender in standard Dutch, but a distinction is still made by some when using pronouns, and in Southern-Dutch varieties. See Gender in Dutch grammar.) Hittite (The Hittite "common" gender contains nouns that are either masculine or feminine in other Indo-European languages, while ...

  4. Dutch grammar - Wikipedia

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    The role of cases has been taken over by prepositions and word order in modern Dutch. For example, the distinction between direct and indirect object is now made by placing the indirect object before the direct object, or by using the preposition aan "to" with the indirect object.

  5. How many genders are there? Experts break it down - AOL

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    “Some people's gender identity varies over time,” adds Pagès, who also recommends looking at the Genderbread Person, a helpful resource on understanding gender, as well as guidelines on ...

  6. Grammatical gender - Wikipedia

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    Although gender inflection may be used to construct nouns and names for people of different sexes in languages that have grammatical gender, this alone does not constitute grammatical gender. Distinct words and names for men and women are also common in languages which do not have a grammatical gender system for nouns in general.

  7. Feminism in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Despite having won many legal and social battles over the course of the 20th century, Dutch feminists are not ready to claim victory. Feminist activity continues in the Netherlands, and gender equality continues to be a topic of discussion in organizations, and in the media.

  8. What does it mean to misgender someone — and why is ... - AOL

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    “Your role as an ally is to advocate for a person when they cannot advocate for themselves.” Wellness, parenting, body image and more: Get to know the who behind the hoo with Yahoo Life's ...

  9. Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender

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    There have been different proposals in Dutch to broaden the use of gender-neutral pronouns. Most notably, the pronoun die or hen (direct object form: hen or die, indirect object form: hun or die, possessive form: hun or diens) started gaining traction around 2016.