Deutschplust

Formation of the plural

DA5

In German, depending on the ending that is added in order to form the plural number, five types of plural can be distinguished :

Types of plural		Examples nominative plural

Type A	ending -e	Berge, Tage
Type A Umlaut	ending -e with umlaut	Fälle, Kräfte

Type B	ending -er	Kinder, Bilder
Type B Umlaut	ending -er with umlaut	Männer, Bücher

Type C	without ending	Fahrer, Mädchen
Type C Umlaut	without ending with umlaut	Äpfel, Töchter

Type D	ending -(e)n*	Menschen, Schulen

Type E	ending -s	Autos, Omas

* The ending -n instead of –en is used after a vowel (except for nouns that end in –ei and –au) and after –el and –er.