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Flemish Gender

This page discusses the gender in Flemish. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: jongen
Girl: meisje
Man: man
Woman: vrouw
Father: vader
Mother: moeder
Brother: broer
Sister: zus
Actor: acteur
Actress: actrice
Cat (m): kater
Cat (f): kat / kattin / poes

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: Hij is groot.
She is tall: Zij is groot.
He is a short man: Hij is een kleine man.
She is a short woman: Zij is een kleine vrouw.
He is German: Hij is Duits.
She is German: Zij is Duits.
Japanese men are friendly: Japanse mannen zijn vriendelijk.
Japanese women are friendly: Japanse vrouwen zijn vriendelijk.

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