Plural forms of nouns in German

Plural forms of nouns in German

Deutsch Aktuell 1

Singular nouns

- you must know the gender: der, die or das

- you will have to learn them

Plural nouns

- all take the article die in the nominative and accusative case, regardless of their gender

- there is no definite rule for the formation of plural nouns

-> you must learn the plural form when you learn a new noun!

How to know what the plural form of a noun looks like?

When you look up nouns at the end of each chapter and in the vocabulary section at the back of Deutsch Aktuell 1 textbook, you will notice that each noun is followed by a comma and an indication of its plural form.

Open Ended

Vocabulary for kapitel 5 on p. 177.

das Auto, -s

der Kopf, ¨-e

die Klasse, -n

class

Singular: die Klasse

Plural: die Klassen (n is added)

der Lehrer, -

teacher

Singular: der Lehrer

Plural: die Lehrer (no change)

das Buch, ¨-er

book

Singular: das Buch

Plural: die Bücher u changes to ü and er is added

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word die Sache, -n?

• Sache

• die Sachen

• die Sacher

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of the word das Rad, ¨-er?

• die Räder

• das Rader

• die Rad

Compound words

• Follow the plural of the last word

• E.g. das Rad, ¨–er

• -> das Fahrrad, ¨–er --> die Fahrräder

Multiple Choice

das Radtour, -en

• die Radentour

• das Radtouren

• die Radtouren

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