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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Still mostly only good as a guessing guideline because there's no real system, just etymological patterns, but yea you can guess more than 33% for sure.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    It's not perfect, no, but I feel like you can identify feminine words based on their endings alone in 90% of cases, and if you can use a few general rules to make masculine/neuter better than a 50-50 guess, you're already right more often than you're wrong. Maybe even 75% with no rote menorization whatsoever

    Edit: I actually just read masculine is about 2x as common as other genders, so always guessing masculine should take you to 50% alone

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