Standard Dutch uses three genders to differentiate between natural gender and three when discerning grammatical gender. But for most non-Belgian speakers, the masculine and feminine genders have merged to form the common gender (de), while the neuter (het) remains distinct as before. This gender system is similar to those of most Continental Scandinavian languages. As in English, but to a lesser degree, the inflectional grammar of the language (e.g., adjective and noun endings) has simplified over time. COUNT 5
QSN1 How many genders does standard Dutch use for both natural and grammatical gender? ANS1 three QSN2 What gender does the majority of non-Belgian Dutch speakers use instead of the masculine and feminine? ANS2 the common gender QSN3 Apart from the common gender in non-Belgian Dutch, what other gender do speakers use? ANS3 neuter QSN4 The common/neuter system used in Dutch is a lot like the system used in what other language category? ANS4 Continental Scandinavian languages QSN5 In its simplified inflectional grammar, what language is Dutch similar to? ANS5 English