Timeline for Are there rules for gender of durations?
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| Jul 8 at 9:07 | comment | added | tofro | calendarium as the origin of Kalender is a neuter in Latin. That didn't make it into German. | |
| Jul 8 at 6:51 | comment | added | U. Windl | Another idea that came into my mind: "die Zeit" is feminine, but "Der Kalender" is masculine, and could it be due to the fact that the calendar came from the Romans (Julian/Gregorian)? I'm unsure what's the gender there. | |
| Jul 4 at 13:09 | comment | added | U. Windl | I also thought so, but not knowing a rule does not mean there doesn't exist one (unless there is a rule saying that there is no rule). | |
| Jul 4 at 13:02 | history | answered | tofro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |