Plural Nouns in German

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In german, all plural nouns start or begin with “die”. That is the genders will be fused to “die” for plurals.

der die (plural)
das
die

Sometimes properly identifying feminin or plural nouns could be really confusing. Here are the easy ways to isolate the differences.

1. Most plurals are notorious for -e, -en, -n, -er.
2. If not, look for umlauts. (most umlauts occur with plurals. This works however not always.)

Singular
Plural
das Kind die Kinder (Children)
das Haus die Häuser (Houses)
die Wohnung die Wohnungen (living places)
das Land die Länder (countries)
die Straße die Straßen (streets)
das Foto die Fotos
die Karte die Karten (tickets)
die Freundin (s) die Freundinnen (plural means girl friends)

Tip:

Masculine and Neutral nouns in most cases add -e -en -er to form plurals.

Feminine nouns in most cases add -n or -en to their nouns form plurals.

Some other nouns just add umlaut to make plurals, while others dont make change at all

die Väter = Fathers
die Zimmer = Room

Look at these peculiar plural nouns.

die Leute = People (It exists ONLY in plural )

das Geld = Money (It has no plural at all)

die Geschwister = Siblings or brothers and sisters ( It remains as plural always.)

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