I. The Genitive Singular being alike, and the Plural different.

Of this Declension are,

1. All derivatives in ling, and ing, as der Jüngling, Häring.

Most Nouns of this Declension are Of this Declension are all the
of the Neuter Gender, as, das Amt, Nouns.
das Bild, &c. and those which have
an a, e, or u, take the diphthong in
the Plural, as, das Buch, die Bücher;
3. The Nouns collective beginning bas Blatt, die Blätter; das Dorf, die
with ge, and not ending in e, or r, Dörfer.
as das Gericht, Geschenk, Gebüsch.

2. All Neuters in niß, as das Bild-
niß, Bekenntniß.

The few Masculines of this declen

Those collectives which end in e or rsion are,
are of the third declension.

4. Foreign words in an, in, on, er,
ier, anz and al, as Altar, Principal, &c.
Several have the diphthong in the
plural, as,

Der Bösewicht, The Wicked man,

Geist,

Gott,

Spirit,
God,

Irrthum,

Error,

Leib,

Body,

The Masculines,

Mann,

Man,

Der Abt.

Aebte,

Ort,

Place,

Ball

Bälle,

Rand,

Border,

Rod

Röcke.

Reichthum,

Riches,

Vormund,

Guardian,

.Arsenāle,

Wald,

Forest,

Chor.

Chöre,

Wurm,

Worm.

Floß

Flösse,

Boot.

.Böte.

1. In el, Masculine and Neuter.
2. In er, Masculine and Neuter.
3. In en, Masculine and Neuter.
4. The Diminutives in chen and lein,
which are all of the Neuter Gender.
5. Neuters beginning with the syl-
lable be and ge
and ending with e, as:
Das Gemälde, the Picture.
Das Gebirge, the Mountain.
6. Das Erbe, the Inheritance.
Das Ende, the End.

and Der Käse, the Cheese.

III. The words remaining unchanged in the Singular.

Of this Declension are,

1. All Nouns Feminine in e, as die Amme, die
Ammen.

2. Those in ce, and ie, die See, die Harmonie.
3. The Feminines in el, as die Gabel.

4. The Feminines in er, as die Feder.
5. Radical Feminines, as Thur, Uhr.

6. Derivatives with a particle in the begin-
ning, as die Andacht.

7. Those with an end-syllable, and particu-
larly the words in ei, heit, in, keit, schaft, and ung.
8. Foreign words of the Feminine Gender
which have the accent upon the last syllable, as:
die Natur, Nature,
Figur, Figure,
Cur, Cure,
Diät, Regimen,

Facultät, Faculty,

Provinz, Province,
Person, Person,

Musik, Music.

Of this Declension are the following radical Nouns Feminine.

Angst, Fear,

Art, Axe,

Armbrust, Crossbow,

Aderlas, Bloodletting,

Bank, Form, Bank,

Braut, Bride,

Brust, Breast,

Brunst, Conflagration,

Burg, Castle,
Faust, Fist,
Flucht, Flight,
Furcht, Fright,

Kunst, Art,

Kuh, Cow,

Laus

Louse,

Luft, Air,

Leinwand, Linen,

Frucht, Fruit,

Nuß, Nut,

Gans, Goose,

Sau, Sow,

Gruft, Pit, Grave,

Schnur, Lace, String,

Gunst, Favor,

Schwulst, Swelling,

Hand, Hand,

Wand, Wall,

Kluft, Clift,

Wurst, Sausage,

Kraft, Power,

Zunft, Society.

All those in a, o, u, take the diphthong in the Plural, except Leinwand.
All the Feminines in niß are also of this declension, as die Betrübniß,
die Besorgniß, die Finsterniß, &c.