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Plurals of nouns Exercise

German noun plurals follow one of the following patterns:

    - no ending (stem vowel may change to Umlaut form):
    das Fenster, die Fenster
    der Garten, die Gärten
    -e ending (stem vowel may change to Umlaut form):
    der Tisch, die Tische
    der Stuhl, die Stühle
    -er ending (a , o , u , and au stem vowels change to Umlaut form):
    das Kind, die Kinder
    das Buch, die Bücher
    -en , -n , or -nen ending (stem vowel does not change):
    die Frau, die Frauen
    die Studentin, die Studentinnen
    -s ending (stem vowel does not change):
    das Auto, die Autos
    das Radio, die Radios
While some rules may help you predict how a specific noun forms its plural, you must generally memorize the plural form with the noun and its gender.

If the plural noun is in dative case, it adds an -n or -en ending, unless the plural form already ends in -n, -en, or -s.

Kinder
Tische		 mit den Kindern
auf den Tischen		 with the children
on the tables

 

© 1997 by Gary Smith
Revised 2023