Definitive articles for German nouns are one of the most annoying features of the language. Is it "der Joghurt" or "die Joghurt"? Turns out, both. Also "das Joghurt".
With lexicographical data from #Wikidata and shared functions from #Wikifunctions, we can build a tool that prints the correct articles. I wrote such a thing. Also, the source code may be helpful if you want to know how to search for Wikidata lexemes and run functions on the Wikifunctions API. Have a look:
https://codeberg.org/johl/noungender
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