In the Conan Doyle novel, A Study in Scarlet, is a reference to medieval German secret court identified as "Vehmgericht." Is this noun feminine, masculine, or neutral?

does it use the German gender ID?

Der is masculine
Die is feminine
Das is gender neutral.

We both understand its declension will be one of the three. I don't know which one, though. My German dictionaries do not include the word. References I located on the Internet gave substantial information regarding meaning and derivation, but no declension.

I am hopeful a native German speaker or someone fluent in German can furnish correct information. I am just a "hack" with a first-class Bavarian accent, courtesy of Christoph Kayser, my German teacher at St. Louis University.

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
You piqued my interest. It is neutral - das. you can find several google book references online.

Das Gericht. Vehmgerichte apparently dealt with Witchcraft.

Grizz

Thanks,that is an area of interest. I speak German but this is about the Spanish language. My daughter in law was born in Mexico City,my college friend who taught Spanish for 40 years. None of them can answer my question about the regular use of the masculine or feminine,Per se EL/LA. I am curious if there is a common thread that will give you those "rules" on how to use the MxF. Only a very real interest but if my daughter in law can't answer,then perhaps there is no answer. That is the cross I bear for being German.