Thanks to all who posted about the surname. Paul On Dé Luain, 15 Lúnasa, 2011, at 02:13, gbishida wrote: > The suffix "in" is used on a personal name or obvious male/female > connotation, as has been mentioned but otherwise German nouns do not > usually have anything to do with male/female gender. Same with French. > > Gloria > On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Marsha Ensminger wrote: > >> Because German nouns have gender. A suffix of -in typically is used >> to indicate the feminine version of an otherwise masculine noun. >> >> Marsha L. Ensminger >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message