{"id":15832,"date":"2015-04-07T09:53:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T08:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=15832"},"modified":"2015-04-07T10:31:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T09:31:42","slug":"plural-masculine-and-neuter-nouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/15832\/plural-masculine-and-neuter-nouns","title":{"rendered":"Plural Masculine and Neuter Nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Plural-Masculine-Neuter-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>
\ndog \u21e8 dogs<\/span><\/strong>
\nshop \u21e8 shops<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

For example:<\/strong>
\nmouse \u21e8 mice
\nfoot \u21e8 feet<\/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. In our last blog we looked at Feminine Plural Nouns<\/a>, in this blog we’ll be looking at the masculine and neuter nouns.<\/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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Masculine and Neuter Nouns<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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    \n
  • Many masculine and neuter nouns follow the same pattern and add an -e<\/span><\/strong> to the singular noun to form their plural.<\/li>\n

    \nFor example:<\/strong>
    \nder Hund \u21e8 die Hunde<\/span><\/strong>
    \ndas Tier \u21e8 die Tiere<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

    \nTable: Masculine and Neuter Nouns ending in -e:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Singular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\nSingular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    der Keks<\/td>\ndie Kekse<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndas Paket<\/td>\ndie Pakete<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    der Stift<\/td>\ndie Stifte<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndas Gesch\u00e4ft<\/td>\ndie Gesch\u00e4fte<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

      \n<\/p>\n
    • Quite a few nouns also add an umlaut above the first vowel a<\/strong>, o<\/strong> or u<\/strong> to form the plural noun. In this case masculine plural nouns often keep the -e<\/span><\/strong> ending in the plural form while neuter nouns often end in -er<\/span><\/strong>. Nouns in this group often have one syllable.<\/li>\n

      \nFor example:<\/strong>
      \nder Stuhl \u21e8 die St\u00fc<\/strong>hle<\/span><\/strong>
      \ndas Haus \u21e8 die H\u00e4<\/strong>user<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

      The same rule applies to compound nouns. A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words.<\/p>\n

      For example:<\/strong>
      \nder Liegestuhl \u21e8 die Liegest\u00fc<\/strong>hle<\/span><\/strong>
      \ndas Kaufhaus \u21e8 die Kaufh\u00e4<\/strong>user<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

      \nTable: Masculine and Neuter Nouns adding an Umlaut:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
      Singular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\nSingular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
      der Korb<\/td>\ndie K\u00f6<\/span><\/strong>rbe<\/td>\ndas Huhn<\/td>\ndie H\u00fc<\/span><\/strong>hner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      der Markt<\/td>\ndie M\u00e4<\/span><\/strong>rkte<\/td>\ndas Holz<\/td>\ndie H\u00f6<\/span><\/strong>lzer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

        \n<\/p>\n
      • Some other masculine and neuter nouns don’t change in their plural form. These are mostly nouns ending in -en<\/span><\/strong>, -er<\/span><\/strong> and -el<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n

        \nFor example:<\/strong>
        \nder L\u00f6ffel<\/strong> \u21e8 die L\u00f6ffel<\/span><\/strong>
        \ndas Messer<\/strong> \u21e8 die Messer<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

        \nTable: Masculine and Neuter Nouns with no Ending in the Plural:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
        Singular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\nSingular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
        der Hamster<\/td>\ndie Hamster<\/strong><\/td>\ndas Lager<\/td>\ndie Lager<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        der Geldbeutel<\/td>\ndie Geldbeutel<\/td>\ndas Kabel<\/td>\ndie Kabel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
        der Krankenwagen<\/td>\ndie Krankenwagen<\/td>\ndas M\u00e4dchen<\/td>\ndie M\u00e4dchen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

          \nSome of these masculine nouns can have an umlaut above the first vowel.<\/p>\n

          For example:<\/strong>
          \nder Laden \u21e8 die L\u00e4den<\/ul>\n

          <\/p>\n

            \n
          • A few masculine nouns form their plural by adding -en<\/span><\/strong> or -n<\/span><\/strong> to their singular form while some neuter nouns add -er<\/span><\/strong> to the singular noun to form their plural.<\/li>\n

            \nFor example:<\/strong>
            \nder Geldautomat \u21e8 die Geldautomaten<\/span><\/strong>
            \nder Kunde \u21e8 die Kunden<\/span><\/strong>
            \ndas Kind \u21e8 die Kinder<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

            <\/p>\n\n\n\n
            Tip Masculine and Neuter Nouns<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
            \n

            The rule of thumb for masculine and neuter nouns is that they mostly end in either -e<\/span><\/strong> or have no ending<\/span><\/strong> at all in their plural form (Kioske<\/span><\/strong>, Aufz\u00fcge<\/span><\/strong>. An umlaut \u00e4<\/span>, \u00f6<\/span> or \u00fc<\/span> appears fairly often in the plural form when the noun has only one syllable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

            <\/p>\n

            <\/p>\n

            Some Exceptions<\/span><\/h3>\n

            \nThere is a group of words out there that doesn’t follow any of the above rules. These are exceptions and you just have to remember them. Many of these words come from other languages and mostly end in -s<\/span><\/strong> in their plural form.<\/p>\n

            For example:<\/strong>
            \ndas Caf\u00e9 \u21e8 die Caf\u00e9s<\/span><\/strong>
            \ndas Souvenir \u21e8 die Souvenirs<\/span><\/strong><\/ul>\n

            Table: Plural Nouns with Unusual Endings:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
            Singular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\nSingular Noun<\/th>\nPlural Noun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
            das B\u00fcro<\/td>\ndie B\u00fcros<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndas Restaurant<\/td>\ndie Restaurants<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            das Einkaufszentrum<\/td>\ndie Einkaufszentren<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\ndas Reiseb\u00fcro<\/td>\ndie Reiseb\u00fcros<\/span><\/strong><\/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: dog \u21e8 dogs shop \u21e8 shops There are some nouns in English that are irregular and do not follow this rule. For example: mouse \u21e8 mice […]<\/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\/15832"}],"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=15832"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15839,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15832\/revisions\/15839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}