Why is it das Frettchen?
Frettchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.
All nouns ending in -chen das
Meaning
[1] Blass yellow Iltis
[1] blassgelber IltisExamples
[1] Previously, ferret used to rabbit hunting
[1] Früher verwendete man Frettchen zur Kaninchenjagd.
[1] "She was thin like a ferret k" [2]
[1] „Sie war dünn wie ein Frettchen.“[2]
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Frettchen | die Frettchen |
| Genitiv | des Frettchens | der Frettchen |
| Dativ | dem Frettchen | den Frettchen |
| Akkusativ | das Frettchen | die Frettchen |
Pronunciation
In context
![[1] ein Frettchen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FerretAfterShower.jpg)
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