grgr (18): german mania for name-giving

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

JBFRAME at aol.com wrote:
> 
> One thing that's really great about the nouns ending with -heit, -keit, or
> -ung:  The are all feminine gender!  This made one good rule for ease in
> learning.  When I learned this in my German class in school, I thought I'd
> died & gone to heaven.
> 
> jbf

Now I know my German instructor was a sadist, never told us
this bit of essential information.