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.)
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Singular
|
Plural
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| 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 = RoomLook 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.)