We recommend that you learn the plural form of each noun when you are learning the noun itself: das Bücherregal, die Bücherregale. There are several rules one could memorize, but that wouldn’t account for the exceptions. In English, most plurals are formed by adding an “-s” or “-es” to the noun (e.g., students, classes, pens), although there are some irregular plural forms in English (e.g., women, children, geese).įorming the plural of nouns in German is a bit more complicated than in English. “Nicht” is much more complicated to use than “kein” and you will continue to see examples of where to place it in a sentence in the next few units. When you don’t want to negate a particular word or expression, you place “nicht” at the end of the sentence. The “nicht” goes in front of the element you want to negate, for example: If you are not negating a noun preceded by an indefinite article (“ein”/”eine”) in the sentence, you use “nicht” (not). In English, they mean “not a”, “not any”, “no”. The negative form of the indefinite article “ein” is “kein” (for masculine and neuter) and the negative form of the indefinite article “eine” is “keine” (for feminine). Sind das Amerikaner? Nein, das sind keine Amerikaner, das sind Kanadier. Ist das eine Lampe? Nein, das ist keine Lampe. Ist das ein Tisch? Nein, das ist kein Tisch. There are several ways to express negation in German. Just continue typing in the “red” box to make your correction.) Übung 2 (Reminder: If you get it wrong you can correct it right away.
*ACHTUNG* In German, when stating someone’s nationality, place of residence or occupation no indefinite article is used.įatih Akin ist Deutscher. Obviously, there is no indefinite article for the plural (just like in English, you couldn’t say “a books”).ĭer (m.) –> ein die (f.) –> eine das (n.) –> ein die (pl.) –> ∅ There are also indefinite articles in German, meaning “a” or “an” in English, for the three grammatical genders: “ein” (masculine), “eine” (feminine), and “ein” (neuter). German uses three definite articles, “der” (masculine), “die” (feminine), or “das” (neuter), all meaning “the”, to show the gender of a noun.
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