All nouns in German are either masculine, feminine or neuter. When you learn that the word for dog is Hund, learn that it’s a masculine noun - der Hund. For masculine nouns der means ‘the’ - der Hund ...

When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...

Countries where citizens speak gendered languages — in which nouns are masculine or feminine — display a higher rate of gender inequality than countries with languages that do not ascribe gender to ...

For decades, on the first day of Latin class I have asked my students if they are a discipulus or a discipula. We then play with the plurals as I prompt them to figure out the difference in their ...

Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporter Samantha Schmidt about a push by some Argentine teenagers to use gender-neutral nouns in Spanish. We'd like to spend a few minutes now talking about ...