For reference, some feline coat patterns require XX chromosomes.

  • Little8Lost@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It feels like in german that hats are mostly referred to as female (“she is a cutie”) until proven otherwise (maybe) because the word for the species “Katze” is also the word for female cats “Katze” while males have the word “Kater”

    Also a lot of cats are “Katzen” and never “Katers”

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      2 months ago

      Germans gender hats? But I’m masculine and love wearing bunny ears! /s

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        The German language has three forms of the word “the” - the two genders, and neutral. As a kid living in Germany for a while, this gave me fits - things like doors, tables, windows, etc. are gendered, but I’ll be damned if I could ever figure out any pattern to predict which would get which gender (or neutral).