common gender

Noun

Meaning

(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.

(grammar) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.

Examples

Indefinite nouns take the articles en (common gender) or et (neuter). Source: Internet

While the majority of Danish nouns (ca. 75%) have the common gender, and neuter is often used for inanimate objects, the genders of nouns are not generally predictable and must in most cases be memorized. Source: Internet

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