adjective / noun
neuter
NOO-ter/ˈnuːtər/
A grammatical gender category distinct from masculine and feminine.
In German, every noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Etymology
The literal meaning is ‘neither one nor the other.’ In grammar, the two alternatives are masculine and feminine, so neuter names the gender that belongs to neither category.
In context
those three forms the genders of a three termination are divided up much like a first and second declension adjectives each form getting its own gender male than female then neuter
More examples
- This Latin noun is in the neuter.
- A neuter adjective agrees with the noun it describes.
- In Latin, many neuter nouns have plurals ending in -a.
Forms
neuter · neuters