German Nouns

Teaching Myself German German Nouns S. Watson

Der Mann iβt Brot.

Hans iβt der Vetter von Carl.

Lotte iβt die Mutter von Peter.

Das Baby schreit.

German nouns are always capitalized no matter where they appear in the sentence.

Der Mann iβt Brot. (The man eats bread.)

German nouns are divided into three genders. The gender of the word can be indicated by the definite article.

Masculine = der Feminine = die Neuter = das

Hans iβs der Vetter von Carl. (Hans is Carl’s cousin.)

Lotte iβt die Mutter von Peter. (Lotte is Peter’s Mother.)

Das Baby schreit. (The baby cries.)

Die is also used with all plural nouns. A variety of word endings is used to form the plural noun. Some plural nouns use the umlaut.

When studying, it is a good idea to always learn the definite article and the plural of each noun.

These German nouns are used for people: Masculine Singular der Groβvater der Vater der Sohn der Bruder der Onkel der Vetter der Mann der Junge

Plural die Groβväter die Väter die Söhne die Brüder die Onkel die Vetter die Männer der Jungen

grandfather, grandfathers father, fathers son, sons brother, brothers uncle, uncles cousin, cousins man, men boy, boys

Feminine Singular die Groβmutter die Mutter die Tochter die Schwester die Tante die Frau

Plural die Groβmütter die Mütter die Töchter die Schwestern die Tanten die Fraunen

grandmother, grandmothers mother, mothers daughter, daughters sister, sisters aunt, aunts woman, women

Plural die Mädchen die Babys

girl, girls baby, babies

Neuter Singular das Mädchen das Baby

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Teaching Myself German German Nouns S. Watson

Write whether each noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Example: die Söhne masculine

Write whether each noun is singular or plural.

Example: die Töchter plural

1. der Bruder ____________

1. die Groβmütter ____________

2. die Tante _____________

2. der Junge _____________

3. die Schwestern ____________

3. das Baby ____________

4. das Mädchen ____________

4. die Brüder ____________

5. die Männer ____________

5. die Frau ____________

Write the singular form of each noun.

Example: die Babys das Baby

Write plural form of each noun.

Example: der Junge der Jungen

1. die Vetter ____________

1. der Groβvätter ____________

2. die Fraunen _____________

2. die Tante _____________

3. die Groβväter ____________

3. der Mann ____________

4. die Mütter ____________

4. das Mädchen ____________

5. die Töchter ____________

5. der Bruder ____________

Fill in the missing letters of each noun.

Example: _ i _ _ _ a _ d i e F r a u

Match the German noun to the English noun.

1. d__r O__ __e__

1.____die Schwester

a. daughters

2. __ a__ __ __ b __

2.____ die Vetter

b. father

3.__ i __ F __ __ __ n __ __

3.____ die Töchter

c. sister

4. __ __ e __ __ o __ v __ __ __ __

4.____ der Vater

d. grandmother

5. __ __ s __ __ d __ __ e __

5.____ die Groβmutter

e. cousins

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