<<the German is DAS NABEL>> <This just goes to show you what happens when things get borrowed. Here in the Willamette Valley it's DER Nabel.> Right. I'll take a Bad on that one (bilingual pun intended). My navel looks pretty neuter to me, but, hey-- der Nabel, die Mitte, das Zentrum --a good lesson in just how little sex and gender have to do with each other.