{"id":15778,"date":"2015-02-24T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T10:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2015-02-24T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T10:37:12","slug":"plural-feminine-nouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/15778\/plural-feminine-nouns","title":{"rendered":"Plural Feminine Nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Plural-Feminine-Nouns\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Plural Nouns<\/span><\/h2>\n

Forming the plural of English nouns follows mostly the same pattern. In most cases you have to add -s<\/span><\/strong> to the end of the noun.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\ncredit card \u21e8 credit cards<\/span><\/strong>
\ncustomer \u21e8 customers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are some nouns in English that are irregular and do not follow this rule.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\ninformation \u21e8 information
\ntooth \u21e8 teeth<\/p>\n

In German, on the other hand, are different ways of making a noun plural. Which way to use mainly depends on the gender and the ending of a noun. Let’s look at the feminine nouns more closely.<\/p>\n

You can now learn even more on this topic with the help of a fun video and a grammar quiz. Simply check out our Shopping Module<\/a> in level A1. <\/p>\n

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Feminine Nouns<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nMost feminine nouns add -n<\/span><\/strong>, -en<\/span><\/strong> or -nen<\/span><\/strong> to the singular noun to form their plural.<\/p>\n

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  • Feminine nouns ending in -e<\/strong> just add -n<\/span><\/strong> to form their plural.<\/li>\n

    \nFor example:<\/strong>
    \ndie Katze<\/strong> \u21e8 die Katzen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

  • Feminine nouns ending in -in<\/strong> add -nen<\/span><\/strong> to form their plural.<\/li>\n

    \nFor example:<\/strong>
    \ndie Kundin<\/strong> \u21e8 die Kundinnen<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

  • Most other feminine nouns end in -en<\/span><\/strong> in their plural form.\n

    For example:<\/strong>
    \ndie Rechnung \u21e8 die Rechnungen<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

    Table: Feminine Nouns ending in -n, -en and -nen:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Singular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\nSingular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    die Tasche<\/strong><\/td>\ndie Taschen<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndie Metzgerei<\/td>\ndie Metzgereien<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    die M\u00fcnze<\/strong><\/td>\ndie M\u00fcnzen<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndie Meinung<\/td>\ndie Meinungen<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    die Schule<\/strong><\/td>\ndie Schulen<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndie Freiheit<\/td>\ndie Freiheiten<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    die Aufgabe<\/strong><\/td>\ndie Aufgaben<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndie Freundin<\/strong><\/td>\ndie Freundinnen<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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    • There are only a few feminine nouns that have an umlaut \u00e4<\/strong>, \u00f6<\/strong> or \u00fc<\/strong> in their plural. These nouns often have one syllable only.<\/li>\n

      \nFor example:<\/strong>
      \ndie Kuh (cow) \u21e8 die K\u00fc<\/span><\/strong>he
      \ndie Hand (hand) \u21e8 die H\u00e4<\/span><\/strong>nde<\/ul>\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Tip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
      \n

      The rule of thumb for feminine nouns is that they mostly end in -en<\/span><\/strong> in their plural form (Katzen<\/span>, Rechungen<\/span>, Kundinnen<\/span>). An umlaut \u00e4, \u00f6 or \u00fc appears very rarely in the plural form.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Plural Nouns Forming the plural of English nouns follows mostly the same pattern. In most cases you have to add -s to the end of the noun. For example: credit card \u21e8 credit cards customer \u21e8 customers There are some nouns in English that are irregular and do not follow this rule. For example: information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15778"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15831,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15778\/revisions\/15831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}