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Plural
- 1. im Plural Deutsche Substantive Lizz Caplan-Carbin, Ph.D. webgerman.com/Animated/plural
- 2. die Blätter das Blatt
- 3. die Hemden das Hemd
- 9. der Ballon die Ballon s das Pferd die Pferd e der Hut die H ü t e
- 10. der Briefkasten die Briefkasten das Glas die Gl ä s er das Haus die H ä us er die Flasche die Flasche n
- 11. die Dose die Dose n die Birne die Birne n die Steckdose die Steckdose n die Glühbirne die Glühbirne n die Katze die Katze n
- 12. das Werkzeug, -e : die Paprikaschote, -n der Bleistift, -e der Pilz, -e : der Kienapfel, - der Stein, -e der Baum, -e : die Nuss, -e die Blume, -n die Erbse, -n die Karotte, -en
- 13. der Fisch, -e die Wolke, -n die Karte, -n die Pappschachtel, -n die Fliege, -n der Schmetterling, -e das Auto, -s die Rose, -n der Würfel, - die Wolke, -n
- 14. der Schlüssel, - das Messer, - der Löffel, - die Gabel, -n das Taschenmesser, - das Schloss, -er : die Saugglocke, -n der Kleiderbügel, - die Wäscheklammer, -n das Fenster, - das Streichholz, -er :
- 16. German Plurals
- 17. Das Ende der Sack, -e der Junge, -n die Puppe, -n der Plakat, -e webgerman.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
- There are five types of plural markers. The first has no ending at all. The second type has an – e ending. It is the most common, so it should be your first guess. The third type has ending - er . For all of the first three markers, an umlaut should be added IF the noun has only ONE SYLLABLE with stem-vowel a , o , or u . The fourth type of plural marker, using at least one – n , does not add an umlaut. There are no single syllable words that form the plural with an – n . The fifth type of plural marker, with an – s , is used for words ending in vowels – i , – o , and – u (Taxi, Auto, Tabu). The – s ending is also used for foreign words as they are added to the German language (Handys, Hotels, Hobbys).
- The first type of plural marker is only for masculine and neuter words . It uses no ending at all. Words ending with “-er” often use the first type. EXCEPTION: die Mauer, -n Simply by changing the article from “ der ” or “ das ” to “ die ,” a word may be marked as plural.
- The second and third types of endings are also typical for masculine and neuter nouns – especially the one-syllable words. EXCEPTIONS: die Wand, die Wände; die Stadt, die Städte When a one-syllable masculine word has stem-vowel a , o ,or u , add an umlaut EXCEPTIONS: der Ort, der Tag A one-syllable neuter word adds an umlaut for –er plurals , but not for –e plurals . ( -e plural is most common for masculine nouns, - er plural is most common for neuter nouns.)
- The fourth type of plural marker is most common for feminine words, but is also used for many masculine an neuter words too . ( A feminine noun ending in –e or -l , only needs an –n to show plural. A noun signifying a person, with an –in suffix for the feminine counterpart, will use the –nen ending to show plural. This is the only use of the - n en ending . No nouns of any gender add an umlaut with the –n, -en, -nen plural marker.
- The last type of plural marker “–s” is only used for borrowed words of foreign origin, especially when they end in vowel. Borrowed words are usually neuter nouns, but there are exceptions (eg. der Club, die Niveau). Also, there are a few words which are German in origin, but still take the “-s” marker (eg. das Büro, der Kuli). What most of the “-s” marked nouns have in common is that they end in vowels. “Kuli” is short for Kugelschreiber (pl. die Kugelschreiber, die Kulis). When used as a plural marker, the “-s” is still pronounced as the /s/ in “das.” It does not change to a /z/ as it does in English.
- When you learn a new word, you should always learn its gender and plural form at the same time. The plural marker follows the noun, separated by a comma.
- This program was created by Lizz Caplan-Carbin, Ph.D. If you are a German teacher, feel free to use this in your classes and to change it as you wish. Please notify me if you find any errors. [email_address]