1. Nouns

1.1 Gender

In standard German a noun's gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) is reflected by the preceding article. This is not the case in Unserdeutsch where the definite article is always der (the masculine definite article in standard German):


Standard German:
der Mann 'the man' (masculine)
die Frau 'the woman' (feminine)
das Haus 'the house' (neuter)

Unserdeutsch:
der Mann 'the man' (masculine)
der Frau 'the woman' (masculine)
der Haus 'the house' (masculine)



2. Adjectives

2.1 Gender

As in standard German Unserdeutsch adjectives do reflect the gender of the noun they specify. However, there is a syncretism of the feminine and neuter in Unserdeutsch. In the examples below it is not clear if the suffix -e reflects the neuter or the feminine of standard German:

Einmal war ein arm-er Mueller.(masculine in standard German)
Once was a poor-MASC miller
'Once there was a poor miller.'

Aber er hat ein schoen-e Tochter.(feminine in standard German)
But he has a beautiful-FEM? daughter
'But he had a beautiful daughter.'

Sie hat ein klein-e Kind geboren.(neuter in standard German)
she has a small-FEM? child born
'She gave birth to a small child.'

To be continued ...