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
Frederik Gabel Frederik Gabel Frederik Gabel was the son of Christoffer Gabel, who held the trade monopoly for the Faroe Islands. He married Anne Cathrine Juul on 25 April 1671 in Christiania, the daughter of former Vice Governor-general of Norway Ove Juel. From 1667 through 1685 he served as a diplomatic envoy in Paris, St. Petersberg and Moscow. Gabel promoted a relatively progressive viewpoint, promoting increased separation between the administration in Denmark and that in Norway. Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve had been Norway’s Governor from 1664 through 1699, but served much of that time in Denmark, relying on his Vice Governors, Ove Juul