An example of the German-speaker and Spanish-speaker test of the Whorfian Hypothesis is that:
A) German speakers identify "bridge" with a feminine noun, and used feminine terms to describe the bridge.
B) Spanish speakers identify "bridge" as masculine, and used masculine terms to describe the bridge.
C) Spanish speakers described the bridge a big, dangerous, and sturdy.
D) All of these statements are true.

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The Whorfian Hypothesis, also known as linguistic relativity, suggests that the language we speak influences how we think about the world. In this example, German speakers, who use a feminine article for "bridge" (die Brücke), and Spanish speakers, who use a masculine article for "bridge" (el puente), tend to describe the bridge with adjectives that align with the gender of the noun in their language. This supports the hypothesis by showing that language can influence perception and description of objects.

An Example of the German-Speaker and Spanish-Speaker Test of the Whorfian