If we adopt _strong_ for the German masculine gender, there would be nothing gained if the feminine were called weak, but with the first as _strong_, the second as _soft_, and the third as _dull_, we would have three terms which do not suggest correlation or sex, and we might see nothing irrational in the fact that _man_ might be of the strong, and _woman_ of the dull gender; and that _peace_ might be strong, and _love_ soft. Of the _strong_ gender are mann, dieb, freund, mord, mund, hase (of energetic action), aal, salm, fisch, tisch ([Greek: diskos]), käse (CASEUS), schnee, klei, stock, fink (a strong-billed bird), apfel (naturally harsh), stahl, stiefel, schuh, strumpf, fusz, keil, bart, baum, daum, dorn,[27] punkt, stich, beginn, rubin, diamant, klump, kummer, verstand, name, tag, halm (a rough material), floh, krebs, skorpion, hummer, hals, fels, saft, bau, rath, werth, zoll, flusz, Rhein, raub, acker, bogen. Of the _soft_ gender are birne, hand, historie (Lat. -IA), liebe, hoffnung, wohnung, stadt, burg (implying also jurisdiction), sonne, gluth, milch, rahm, amsel, drossel, butter, feder, gans, maus, ratte, luft, frucht, nacht, macht (as if personified), armuth, kraft, furcht, kunst, haut, frau, wurst, schnur, bahn, marsch, welt. Of the _dull_ gender are weib, grab, brod,[28] blei, eisen, gold, silber, zinn, (but der zink,) geld, feld, land, vieh, pferd (the type being agricultural), rind, joch, pech, haar, auge, bein, dorf, ding, mensch, mädchen, volk, hirn, leben, wort, buch, gesetz, herz, gemach, loth, glück, werk, beil, messer, schwert, glas, fenster, feuer, licht, wetter, wasser, bier, malz, kraut, lamm, ei, haupt, kalb, loch. FOOTNOTES: [24] Such italics for English words are no part of the original. [25] This mode of indicating words is used to avoid corrupting the text with italics. [26] As this essay is passing through the press, I add the following examples, which are all in print. _Der_ charter, deed (legal), humbug, lunch or lunsch, ein delikater Saurkraut-Lunch. Revenuetarif, crowd, fight, molasses, Select-Council, crop (fem. with Miss Bahn). Im Juli--schreit der Whipper-will. _Die_ jail, legislatur, Grandjury or grand Jury, ward (of a city), lane, toll, gate, pike or peik, bill (legislative), Cornetband or Cornet Band, eine grosze Box (of medicine), gefängniszbox, platform, manufactory, shelfing, counter. _Das_ County, committee or comite, picnic, screen (coal-screen), law (also fem.), trial, verdikt, basin (reservoir), Groszes Raffle für Turkeys und Gänse,.... ausgeraffelt werden. [27] From a Gothic masculine in _-us_,--_das horn_ being from a Gothic neuter in _-n_. [28] Primitive bread was probably rather heavy than light--if a mnemonic view may be taken. CHAPTER V. § 1. THE ENGLISH INFUSION.