GrammarA1· Familie
Der Plural
The plural of nouns
Kartoffel · your teacher
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1What & when
In one line
In one lineIn the , der, die and das all become die. Learn every plural.
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Before
Das ist mein Bruder.
Watch the sentence change …
One brother becomes more. istbecomessind, meinbecomesmeine, and Bruder gets an umlaut: Brüder.
„Das sind meine Brüder.“ — These are my brothers.
Kartoffel
First, what is it?
The is the form of a noun for two or more: one Bruder, two Brüder. A noun is a word for a person or a thing. English almost always adds -s. German has several plural endings, and the changes too.
Kartoffel
And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:
FamilieYou need it whenever you talk about more than one person or thing. When you show family photos, you say , or
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