Gender in German

I have been wondering if there exist gender differences in German like female and male dog, as in Spanish there is a clear difference between el perro (male) and la perra (female). 

Thank you! 

A miña mellor amiga A miña mellor amiga chámase Diana. Ten 23 anos como eu e estuda informática na universidade. Coñecina cando tiñamos 14 anos. Somos amigas dende entón. Agora eu vivo en España, pero ela vive en Rusia. Polo tanto, non mantemos o mesmo contacto que antes. A última vez que a vin foi o ano pasado, pero espero verla tan pronto como poida.

Legumes in current agriculture 2.3. Legumes in current agriculture Figures 1 and 2 show the most important agricultural products in the world, according to the FAO 2007 (Faostat 2008). The correspondent numbers for grain legumes are not quite accurate because of the difficulty to get good statistics. Almost all species that make up this section, particularly in underdeveloped countries (a circumstance that you can also spread to other crops). Therefore, it is possible that a given figure underestimates the total production, but still it is difficult that they could overcome their place. They have, consequently, a large representation to be the only crops bases on its protein content (except soybeans due to the possible consideration of their proteins are byproducts of oil extractions; therefore, there are major pulses in its strict sense). Another consequence that is made out of these figures consist in the interest of modern agriculture that is put in carbohydrates and fats. Considering the soybeans as the only source of protein (in terms of the byproducts oil industry) and beans to feed man based in the Plant Kingdom leaves something to be desired in terms of balance between principle blisters. Although soybeans doubles, at least, the amount of protein produced by grain legumes, it is impossible to think that this contributes to the relative balance of the diet as these, as the soy protein industry a byproduct, is used in developed countries almost exclusively for animal feeding, although numerous derivatives are produced for human food (for burgers, condiments, etc). However, the other major pulse is widely scattered throughout the areas where meat consumption is minimal, justifying the nickname "meat of the poor" as they sometimes are called. In the figure 3 it is possible to observe the data related to the most important species, ordered according to the production in 2007 with a correspondent surface. It is quite easy to check the low yields that are shown by this group species, an index of a primitive agricultural character, which yields have barely increased in the last 30 years (figure 4), keep having almost the constant surface and production. Nonetheless, maintenance does not affect all the countries and all forms of agriculture to the same extent.

The history of legumes 2.2. Evolution of large legumes cultivation Its presence in different farming systems has been a constant throughout the centuries. However, this situation began to change from the 19th century due to a progressive change in eating habits (since the Western society was becoming more prosperous, replacing vegetable protein for animal one. In the middle of 20th century another event reduced the interest of the legumes cultivation: the ammonia synthesis was discovered. Consequently, the nitrogen fertilizer appeared and made it unnecessary the important role of legumes in the soil. The rotations were abandoned, and during a lot of years another type of cultivation has been developed, based on more profitable species as grains or industrial crops. Therefore, due to the absence of interest, the research effort diminished and the efficiency was stopped (Table 1); the improvement, in general, entered in a vicious circle that made many years go down the area devoted to these crops. The only exception was notorious soybean, but it has already been mentioned that it has got an oily planting. On contrary, it is possible to see that grains (wheat and rice) experienced a significant increase in performance over the period. Seeing the energy crisis of 1973, there has been a review of the situation: on the one hand, a poor harvest of soybeans in the USA noted the existence of Europe´s huge dependence with the respect to soybeans as a basis of rations, especially for non-ruminant animals. One the other hand, the artificial synthesis of nitrogen required the use of fonts of nonrenewable energy which made the product even more expensive. Since then, the interest towards legumes cultivation has gradually increased.

Ich bin ich Hallo! Ich bin Nastya. Ich bin 23 Jahre alt. Ich studiere Deutsch. Ich komme aus Russland und wohne in Spanien. Ich spraeche Russisch, Englisch, Spanisch, Galizier und etwas Deutsch. Ich bin Lehnerin und Linguistin von Beruf. Jetzt ich mache einen Ph.D. Danke schon!