Walter's Famous German Language Essentials Guide

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 27 April 2016 at 13:25, Marco Leise via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> Am Wed, 27 Apr 2016 03:59:04 +0000
> schrieb Seb <seb at wilzba.ch>:
>
>> nitpick: Wo ist _das_ WC?
>> In German WC we have definite articles and as a WC can be used by
>> both sexes, it is neutral (disclaimer: not a rule).
>
> There are some reasons why some words are feminine, masculine
> or neutral, but I never heard of that. (It is short form for
> English "watercloset" - which I didn't know before I looked it
> up now. :D)
>

Ha!  There is no logical at all behind whether a word is masculine,
feminine or neutral in German.