 | William Render - German language - 1804 - 400 pages
...Boysinn. — Langmann - - — ? Langmannin, — Zang, - - - •*— Zanginn. 3d. Compound words have the gender of their last component, if it be a substantive ; as, der Kirchcnrath, the ecclesiastical council ; das Rathhaus, the town-house, &c. EXCEPT the following... | |
 | Georg Heinrich Noehden - German language - 1818 - 496 pages
...names of stones are masculine, and so is betSJteln, the stone, their common appellative. • . VI. Compound words take the gender of their last component, if it be a substantive: as, ber & trcfycnratfy, the ecclesiastick council, from bte -RtrdjC, the church, and ber Slath, the council... | |
 | Johann Gerhard Tiarks - German language - 1834 - 282 pages
...; baS liebe 3d)/ the dear I (personality) ; baS 9tein unb 3a/ the no and yes ; baS Tit baS S8. AWe 1. — Compound words take the gender of their last component, if it be a substantive : as, baS TCtbeitSt)aUS/ the workhouse ; ber getgenbaum/ the figtree, from bie Arbeit/ the work, baS 4?auS/... | |
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Note 1 . — Compound words take the gender of their last component, if it be a substantive : as... 