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Should have said ‘The German word for “Maiden” is neutral.’

My phrasing was ambiguous and my German is rusty, hence the archaic translation.

I was asking for Maiden, plural of Maid. [1]

As my high school teacher memorably put it: “in Germany girls have no sex”.

dpark is using a slightly archaic translation, Mädchen would normally be rendered as "girl" in modern English.

Correct. I was referring to Mädchen and my German is extremely rusty.