1.2 Noun Plurals

Question 1

What are the seven regular ways of making noun plurals?

Answer 1

1. No ending (-)
2. No ending, with Umlaut (“)
3. Add -e (-e) without Umlaut
4. Add -e with Umlaut (-“e)
5. Add -er with Umlaut if possible (-er)/(-“er)
6. Add -n or -en (-n)/(-en)
7. Add -s (-s)

Question 2

No ending / Masculine

Answer 2

Most ending in -el, -en and -er
der Onkel - die Onkel
der Haken - die Haken
der Bäcker - die Bäcker

Question 3

No ending with Umlaut / Masculine

Answer 3

about 20 ending in -en, -en and -er
der Apfel - die Äpfel
der Vater - die Väter

All of them here:
Apfel, Acker, Bruder, Faden, Garten, Graben, Hafen, Hammer, Kasten, Laden, Magen, Mangel, Mantel, Ofen, Sattel, Schaden, Schnabel, Schwager, Vater, Vogel

Question 4

Add -e without Umlaut / Masculine

Answer 4

MOST
der Arm, die Arme
der Hund - die Hunde
der Punkt - die Punkte

Question 5

Add -e with Umlaut / Masculine

Answer 5

many monosyllables
der Bart - die Bärte
der Bock - die Böcke
der Fuss - die Füsse
der Stuhl - die Stühle

Question 6

Add -er if possible with Umlaut / Masculine

Answer 6

about 12
der Geist - die Geister
der Mann - die Männer
der Walder - die Wälder

All here:
Bösewicht, Geist, Gott, Irrtum, Leib, Mann, Mund, Rand, Reichtum, Ski, Strauch, Wald, Wiking, Wurm

Question 7

Add -ne or -en / Masculine

Answer 7

all in -e (and a few others)
Examples (weak):
der Affe - die Affen
der Bär - die Bären
der Mensch - die Menschen
der Student - die Studenten
Examples (irregular)
Buchstabe, Friede, Funke, Gedanke, Name, Same
Examples (few others, genitive)
Dorn, Fasan, Fleck, Lorbeer, Mast, Muskel, Nerv, Pantoffel, Pfau, Schmerz, See, Staat, Stachel, Strahl, Typ, Untertan, Vetter, Zeh.

Question 8

Add -s / Masculine

Answer 8

Many foreign words

Question 9

No ending / Feminine

Answer 9

NONE

Question 10

No ending with Umlaut / Feminine

Answer 10

Only two: Mutter and Tochter

Question 11

Add -e without Umlaut / Feminine

Answer 11

Those in -nis and -sal

Question 12

Add -e with Umlaut / Feminine

Answer 12

About 30

Question 13

Add -er if possible with Umlaut / Feminine

Answer 13

NONE

Question 14

Add -n or -en / Feminine

Answer 14

MOST (90%)

Question 15

Add -s / Feminine

Answer 15

Many foreign words.

Question 16

No ending / Neutral

Answer 16

Nouns in -el, -en, -er or -chen and -lein and nouns in Ge…e

Question 17

No ending with Umlaut / Neutral

Answer 17

Two: Kloster / Wasser

Question 18

Add -e without Umlaut / Neutral

Answer 18

MOST (75%)

Question 19

Add -e with Umlaut / Neutral

Answer 19

One: Floss (B tcet)

Question 20

Add -er if possible with Umlaut / Neutral

Answer 20

Many monosyllables (25%)

Question 21

Add -n or -en / Neutral

Answer 21

About 12

Question 22

Add -e / Neutral

Answer 22

Many foreign words

Question 23

What is the most common plural form for Masculine nouns?

Answer 23

Add -e without Umlaut (75%)

Question 24

What is the most common plural form for Feminine nouns?

Answer 24

Add -n or -en (90%)

Question 25

What is the most common plural form for Neutral nouns?

Answer 25

Add -e without Umlaut (75%)
Many monosyllables (25%)