GERMAN PLURAL NOUNS

that take an +e or umlaut +e ending

The ‘e’ ending is taken by many single-syllable nouns (not by all unfortunately). Also to nouns ending in –eur, -ich, -ier, -ig, -ling, –är and -ör.

Examples:Das Bein – BeineDer Jongleur – JongleureDer Teppich – TeppicheDas Papier – PapiereDer König – KönigeDer Schmetterling - SchmetterlingeDer Pensionär - Pensionäre

Schuhe

der Stift

Stifte

Some single-syllable nouns also take an umlaut as well as the ‘e’ in the plural:

Examples:Der Arzt = ÄrzteDer Bart – BärteDer Kuss – KüsseDer Sohn – SöhneThese rules also apply to compound nouns.

Arzt = Ärzte, Zahnarzt = Zahnärzte

der Ball

Bälle

die Kuh

Kühe

This is a sample lesson (minus the voice over ☺) of my Udemy course 'German grammar - gender: the plurals'

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