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That's not true for German, e.g. in some loanwords:
"Atheist" and "Koffein" (= caffeine) use "eh-i"
> I've never understood the need for noun genders
Sometimes they show different meanings of a word:
German:
Die Leiter = the ladder
Der Leiter = the director
French:
la tour = the tour
le tour = the tower
le tour = the trick
That's not true for German, e.g. in some loanwords:
"Atheist" and "Koffein" (= caffeine) use "eh-i"
> I've never understood the need for noun genders
Sometimes they show different meanings of a word:
German:
Die Leiter = the ladder
Der Leiter = the director
French:
la tour = the tour
le tour = the tower