Nomen: Singular und Plural
In the previous post we learned that every noun is associated with an article. Irrespective of the fact whether that noun is masculine, feminine or neutral in its singular form, its article changes to die in its plural form. So we know that article changes, but what about that noun itself? Well, it changes too. For example, in English, plural form of car is cars. Basically "s" is suffixed with car to change its singular form to plural form. Likewise in German, there are certain endings which are suffixed with a noun to change it from its singular form to plural form, which are as follows: S.No. Ending Singular Form Plural Form 1 ~(ä/ö/ü)-- No Ending das Kabel der Computer der Apfel die Tochter die Kabel die Computer die Äpfel die Töchter 2 ~s der Kuli das Auto die Kulis die Autos 3 ~n die Tasche die Regel die Taschen die Regeln 4 ~(s)e der ...
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