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Question for Moody (or any other German speakers)
German, as many people will know, has three genders, male, female and neuter. Some words are gender according to their ending, any German noun ending in - chen is neuter. So "the girl" is "das Madchen" (with an unlaut on the a).
If you’re having a problem typing ä, try alt+132. In German it's also permissible to ad an e after the vowel. If you search for Maedchen in Goggle you’ll get 12 000 000 results! All diminutives in German are Neuter so although it’s logical that words like Fräulein (young woman) and Mädchen (girl) should be female the rules of German grammar demand that they are neuter. The German language like the Germans themselves, stubbornly keeps the rules even when logic would suggest otherwise.
If your German is good enough, you might be interested in the link below which poses the question, "Heißt es das Mädchen und sein Hund oder das Mädchen und ihr Hund?"
https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/Pronomen-und-grammatisches-Geschlech t