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Rh 6) Most foreign words add -er: Konsuler, Patriarker, Prindser etc. But Vest plur. Veste. Foreign words ending in um drop their um before -er: Verbum—Verber. But Album—Albums or Albumer. Pretiosum—Pretiosa.

Also proper nouns used in plural to denote several persons of same name. Ex.: Hedviger, Örstederne but Öhlenschlägere. Furthermore other classes of words (not adjectives) used substantively: Jaerne og Neierne the yeas and noes.

169. Second Declension.

Paradigms: Stol chair, Hat hat, Fader father.

Most monosyllables of common gender ending in a consonant follow this declension. Also words ending in -er irrespective of gender; some of these drop the e of their last syllable before the e of the ending: Ager field, plural Agre; Fingre fingers, Skuldre shoulders.

But most words ending in -er retain the e of the second syllable in plural: Ankere anchors, Bægere cups, Undere wonders. Especially all nouns denoting persons belonging to a trade or nationality or engaged in an occupation, ending in -er: Bagere bakers, Sangere singers, Tyskere Germans. Words ending in plural in -ere drop their last e before the article: Bægere—Bægerne.