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156. The genders of the nouns are only of importance syntactically, in so far as the adjective or the article assume different forms in conformity with the gender of the noun qualified by them. No generally binding rules can be given for the genders of the nouns in Danish-Norwegian, but the following intimations may be of some help:

1) Most words denoting living beings are of common gender. En Mand a man, en Hest a horse, en Hund a dog, en Ko a cow, en Flue a fly.

2) Names of trees, plants and stones are as a rule of common gender: Bögen the beech, en Eg an oak, Rugen the rye, Graniten the granite, Flinten the flint.