[kgeist]

I meant that no one pays attention that, for example, a teapot is "he", there's no meaning behind it.

>Generally, nouns ending with an "a" are feminine, with an "o" are neuter, the rest are masculine.

It's a rule of thumb, but it's incomplete.

"Starosta" & Co. are masculine, neuter nouns also end in -e (except for "kofe"); nouns which end in a palatalized consonant can be either feminine or masculine; there are words like "sudia" or "umnica" which can be masc. or fem.; some words like "nozhnicy" only have plural form and don't have gender.