Bismarck proper name "He" or "She"

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Re: Bismarck proper name "He" or "She"

Post by Olaf »

Thorsten, to me this looks pretty much like a grammar mistake or a typo instead of a personal choice between the feminine and masuline gender. Here should have worked the genitive case best in order to point out the masculine gender ("Verlust des Bismarcks" (he/it) vs. "Verlust der Bismarck" (she)). "Den" Bismarck is nonsens in any gender in that context.

As I always say ... "if in doubt, leave it out" ... :D

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