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grammatical gender

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grammatical gender

Summary

grammatical gender ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,535 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • grammatical gender is a type of noun class[2].
  • grammatical gender's said to be the same as is recorded as noun class[3].
  • grammatical gender is the opposite of natural gender[4].
  • grammatical gender's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grammatical gender[5].
  • grammatical gender's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • grammatical gender's described by source is recorded as The Sanseido Dictionary of Linguistics[7].
  • grammatical gender's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2433[8].
  • grammatical gender's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5109[9].
  • grammatical gender's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5185[10].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as Genus[11].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as Gender[12].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as Geslacht[13].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as genus[14].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as clan[15].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as noble family[16].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as lineage[17].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as sex[18].
  • grammatical gender's different from is recorded as human sexual behavior[19].

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Definition and Type

grammatical gender is a type of noun class[2]. It is the opposite of natural gender[4].

Why It Matters

grammatical gender ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,535 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Genus, Gender, Geslacht +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q48264]]"
  2. 9d 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 +6
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562799005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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