Emi 5161 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Tell us, are they gramatically male or female? Being German, I say all are female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafailG 27 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Airplane comes from the greek word "αεροπλάνο" which is a neuter. So technically what you said is wrong. Even in german i think that plane is a neuter (das Flugzeug). I am not sure about the word aircraft. But it comes from Air (αηρ in Ancient Greek) and Craft (that comes from Middle English and is related with the word Kraft(power) in German too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emi 5161 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 For the German speaking there is a nice article about this here: http://www.sprachlog.de/2012/07/25/das-weibliche-airbus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mocchanyen 116 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 vor 22 Minuten, Emanuel Hagen sagte: Being German, I say all are female. Me too Planes are beautiful and elegand and.. yeah.. graceful as a swan! These are female characteristics! So Helicopters are male! ende xD lg Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian delCid 0 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 In spanish it depends if you say: "la aeronave (the aircraft)" it's female but if you say "el avión (the airplane)" it's male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balogh Ádám 49 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 In my native language (Hungarian) we do not have this problem at all :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlis 155 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 On 5.9.2016 at 22:45, Emanuel Hagen sagte: Tell us, are they gramatically male or female? Being German, I say all are female. That's why it's called "Die Flugzeug"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mocchanyen 116 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 vor 20 Minuten, Farlis sagte: That's why it's called "Die Flugzeug"? xD If you call a plane by it's (her) Company it's (she's) a Female Except the Airbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rihards 39 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 In Latvian Lidmašīna (airplane) is female, but lidaparāts (aircraft) is male... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emi 5161 Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Farlis said: That's why it's called "Die Flugzeug"? Yep, for the same reason you say "Die Mensch" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Almaraz 81 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 On 5/9/2016 at 0:49 PM, Emanuel Hagen said: To keep it politically correct, it is simply a definition that planes are gramatically female. Planes have one advantage over woman though: If you do something wrong a plane will kill you quickly. A woman will take her time. From the other topic, I'm psychologist and I can say this is the best argument to say that planes are female Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickZ 300 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Some types of aircraft are for sure female. The Lockheed Constellation "Connie" for example is a true lady, no doubt about it. Also the Boeing 747 is called Queen of the Skies, and a queen is female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickel 3 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I asked my grandfather almost 40 years ago why planes are 'she's. "You know when a plane is a he. It's got feathers." Was good enough for me when I was three or four. Still good enough for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPetroSS 542 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I know that in English they are considered female (She this, She that etc.) In Greek however, they are neutral (It). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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