German grammar with the natural gender of what is described. However, since the diminutive forms ending in "-chen" or "-lein" are grammatically neuter, there exist several notable counterexamples such as "das Mädchen" ("girl") and "das Fräulein" ("miss"). Thus these are not illogical, whereas "das Weib" (old, regional or anthropological: woman; a cognate of the English "wife") is really an exception. Furthermore, in German, the gender of nouns without natural gender is not predictable. For example, the three common pieces of cutlery all have different genders: "das Messer" ("knife") is neuter, "die Gabel" ("fork") is feminine, and "der Löffel" ("spoon") is masculine. Students
Chris Messer members. Chris Messer Chris Messer (aka Chris Envy and "Chris Dalle-Valle") is a Chicago area vocalist and musician mostly known for his performances in several punk / pop punk bands such as Showoff and the earlier AYA. Chris also was briefly in Fall Out Boy when that band was still in formation. Messer was born in Berwyn, IL on September 22, 1976. He lived in Cicero, IL until he was 12 years old, when his family to Milan, Tennessee. The family later moved back to Illinois to Joliet. During Chris's senior year of school (1994) He formed the band AYA