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| What ending is tacked on to feminine nouns ending in "-in", e.g. studentin? |
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| "-nen", e.g. studentin = die Studentinnen, Touristin = die Touristinnen. |
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| How are nouns that end in "-chen", such as "Mädchen", pluralized/ |
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Definition
| They stay the same, e.g. ein Mädchen, zwei Mädchen, drei Mädchen. |
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| How are nouns ending in "-ung" pluralized? |
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Definition
| Add "-en", e.g. eine Übersetzung, zwei Übersetzungen. |
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| How are nouns ending in "-e" pluralized? |
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Definition
| Virtually all nouns ending in "e" add an "-n": Name - Namen, Rose - Rosen, Frage - Fragen |
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| How are nouns ending in "-er", "-el" or "-en" pluralized when they are masculine or neuter? |
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Definition
Generally they do not change their ending when they are masculine or neuter; however, they might add an umlaut:
der Amerikaner - die Amerikaner;
der Garten - die Gärten;
der Mantel - die Mäntel
das Fenster - die Fenster
das Kissen - die Kissen
das Rätsel - die Rätsel |
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| Generally, how are feminine nouns ending in "-er", or "-el" pluralized? |
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Definition
They add an "-n"
die Oper - die Opern
die Nudel - die Nudeln
die Tafel - die Tafeln
die Schwaster - die Schwastern |
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| A statistical observation is that, if you don't know how to plualize a masculine noun, what should you probably add to pluralize the noun? |
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Definition
an "-e"
der Tisch - die Tische
das Jahr - die Jahre
der Tag - die Tage |
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| There are about 30 feminine nouns that add an "-e" and what else happens to the noun? |
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Definition
Add an umlaut also
die Bank = die Bänke
die Faust = die Fäuste
die Maus = die Mäuse
die Hand = die Hände |
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Term
| Normally words in German that are pluralized with an "-s", are what? |
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Definition
Normally words coming from a foreign language or "fun" words:
die Kamera - die Kameras
das Hotel - die Hotels
das Auto - die Autos
das Kino - die Kinos
das Radio - die Radios
das Büro - die Büros
der Zoo - die Zoos
der Kuli - die Kulis
das Klo - die Klos
der Spezi - die Spezis
das Handy - die Handys
der Fuzzi - die Fuzzis |
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| What indefinite article is used with "der" and "das" words? |
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| What indefinite article is used with "die" words? |
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Term
| How would you express the concept that something is not green, here, big or dark. |
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| How would you negate the phrase "ein Buch" |
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