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
Glenn Messer Glenn Messer Glenn Edmund Messer (July 12, 1895 – June 13, 1995) was an American aviation pioneer, responsible for major advances in the use and modification of existing aircraft and in the design and construction of aircraft and aircraft instruments. He was born in Henry County, Iowa on July 12, 1895. He began his flying career by taking lessons on a Wright biplane from aviator George Gustafson in Bay City, Michigan. Messer operated an Birmingham Municipal Airport in Birmingham, Alabama with Edward Stinson. He later operated Messer Field. In 1927 he started the Southern Aircraft Corporation which designed and built