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It also doesn't help when words in a single language that can refer to the same thing have different grammatical genders (e.g. месяц vs луна).



For extra spiciness, try the same word in all three genders, with different meanings in each one:

DE:

der Band ... volume (as in "the second volume in a collection of books")

die Band ... group (as in "the Beatles are a group")

das Band ... ribbon




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