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grammatical gender

grammatical system of noun classification
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Summary

grammatical gender ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,480 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: gender inflection[2]
  • Subclass of: noun class[3]
  • Said to be the same as: noun class[4]
  • Opposite of: natural gender[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Grammatical gender[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], The Sanseido Dictionary of Linguistics[8]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2433[9], P5109[10], P5185[11]
  • Different from: Genus[12], Gender[13], Geslacht[14], clan[15], noble family[16], lineage[17], sex[18], human sexual behavior[19], gender identity[20]

Why It Matters

grammatical gender has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 002414
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 002414, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157138086|grammatical gender (#157138086)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, a"
  2. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1297, 245, 4927 +1
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ast', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 4926, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329960|gender (#7329960)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 20w ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Genus, Gender, Geslacht +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: gender identity"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P2433, P5109, P5185
    Opposite of → natural gender
    Said to be the same as → noun class
    Different from → Genus, Gender, Geslacht +7
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562799005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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