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Plurals

Varied plural endings

Plural endings vary

-e, -en, -er, -s, or just an umlaut.

📊 Plural patterns
Singular Plural Type
Tisch Tische + e
Frau Frauen + en
Kind Kinder + er
Auto Autos + s
Mutter Mütter umlaut only
💬 Examples
der Tisch → die Tische
table → tables
📝 Plural ending -e
die Frau → die Frauen
woman → women
📝 Plural ending -en
The plural article is always die

In the plural, all genders take die.

💬 Examples
die Männer
the men
📝 Plural article die
die Kinder
the children
📝 die for every plural
Some plurals add an umlaut

The stem vowel often gains an umlaut.

💬 Examples
der Apfel → die Äpfel
apple → apples
📝 a → ä umlaut
die Mutter → die Mütter
mother → mothers
📝 u → ü, no ending