THE PLURAL
(DIE MEHRZAHL)
| Singular + s (Einzahl + s) | ||
| parrot – parrots | apple – apples | girl – girls |
Words ending with y if a consonant is written before. (Wörter, die auf y enden, wenn vor dem y ein Mitlaut steht) -----> ies |
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| lolly – lollies | story – stories | strawberry – strawberries |
| But: boy – boys | toy - toys | bay - bays |
| Words ending with ch, x, s, sh, o -----> es | ||
| class – classes | brush – brushes | box – boxes |
| Some words ending with f, fe, lf -----> ves |
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| knife – knives | wolf – wolves | life – lives |
| But: chiefs, safes, cliffs, handkerchiefs | ||
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Irregular forms (unregelmäßige Formen) |
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| man - men | woman - women | tooth - teeth |
| goose - geese | ox - oxen | louse - lice |
| foot - feet | mouse - mice | child - children |
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