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3) Foreign words ending in -iv, -ment, -om, -um are neuter; et Komplement (but en Kompliment); et Ultimatum, et Arkiv, et Axiom.
160. Compound words have the gender of the last component part: en Bordplade a table slab, et Hesteben a horse's leg.
Exceptions: En Ödeland a spendthrift, en Graaskjæg a greybeard, et Folkefærd a race, et Gjenfærd a ghost, et Vidnesbyrd a testimony, dette Perlemo(de)r this mother-of-pearl, Brændevinet the brandy, Forskjellen the difference (but Grændseskjellet the border line).
161. Some words imply a different meaning according as they are used in common gender or neuter. In other cases originally different words have the same sound, but disagree in gender.
| common gender | neuter |
| Arken the ark. | et Ark a sheet (of paper). |
| en Bid (Norw. Bit, Bete) a bit, piece. | et Bid (dd) a bite. |
| en Bo (in compounds Nabo etc. a neighbor). | et Bo an estate. |
| en Brug a custom. | et Brug (Norw.) establishment, concern. |
| en Buk a he-goat. | et Buk a bow. |
| Felten the campaign. | Feltet the field, sphere. |
| en Frö a frog. | et Frö a seed. |
| en Fyr a fellow, chap. | et Fyr a light-house. |
| en Fölge a consequence. | et Fölge a retinue. |
| Lejen the rent. | Lejet the couch. |
| en Lem a trap. | et Lem a member. |
| en Lod share, lot. | et Lod a weight. |
| en Nögle a key. | et Nögle (D.) a ball (of yarn) |
| en Raad (in compounds: Statsraad, etc.) a councillor. | et Raad a council, advice. |
