Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Looking up plural forms

Note that dictionaries also give information on plural nouns. You can

usually find the plural ending or form of a noun after its gender and geni-

tive case ending:

Vater m-s, ̈-father → die Väter

Babynt-s,-sbaby die Babys

Telefon nt-s,-etelephone die Telefone

• For more detail on gender of nouns, see Unit 1.

Exercise 2.1

Here are five groups of nouns in the singular. Look at the plural endings

in the box and match them to each column. The first one has been done

for you.

̈-e ̈- er -e -(e)n –

1 ̈-e 2 ______ 3 ______ 4 ______ 5 ______

Ball Blume Wagen Tag Wald

Fuß Frau Onkel Arm Mann

Hand Bäckerei Mädchen Beruf Dorf

Ton Tasche Messer Schuh Glas

Exercise 2.2

Give the plural of the following nouns.

Example: der Mann →dieMänner

1 der Beruf die ______ 11 das Radio die ______

2 der Fuß die ______ 12 das Hotel die ______

3 der Spiegel die ______ 13 der PC die ______

4 die Stadt die ______ 14 der Manager die ______

5 die Kultur die ______ 15 das Zentrum die ______

6 die Friseurin die ______ 16 das Thema die ______

Unit 2: Plural of nouns 13

111

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1011

1

2

13

4111

5

6

7

8

9

2011

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

3011

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4011

1

2

3

41111