What’s on the Forming Plurals poster
A 5-row table: Ending · Example · Tends to be.
All plurals take die in the nominative, whatever the singular gender.
- -e — der Tisch → die Tische — many masculine
- -er (+umlaut) — das Kind → die Kinder — short neuter
- -(e)n — die Frau → die Frauen — most feminine
- -s — das Auto → die Autos — loanwords
- no change — der Lehrer → die Lehrer — -er, -en, -el
In the dative plural, an -n is added unless the plural already ends in -n or -s: mit den Kindern.
Questions about the Forming Plurals poster
- What’s on the Forming Plurals poster?
- A 5-row table: Ending · Example · Tends to be. All plurals take die in the nominative, whatever the singular gender. -e — der Tisch → die Tische — many masculine; -er (+umlaut) — das Kind → die Kinder — short neuter; -(e)n — die Frau → die Frauen — most feminine; -s — das Auto → die Autos — loanwords; no change — der Lehrer → die Lehrer — -er, -en, -el. In the dative plural, an -n is added unless the plural already ends in -n or -s: mit den Kindern.
- Who is the Forming Plurals poster for?
- Forming Plurals belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Forming Plurals poster?
- There is no single plural rule. Learn the plural alongside the noun and the article. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Forming Plurals belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Forming Plurals?
- German Plurals, Adjective Endings and The Four Cases sit alongside Forming Plurals in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.German PluralsAdjective EndingsThe Four Cases
- Is the Forming Plurals poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Forming Plurals downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Forming Plurals poster print at?
- Forming Plurals is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Forming Plurals loses nothing.Printing guide
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