Plural Nouns in German

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Published on April 2, 2015 7:11:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtN45plzNt0

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Video of class lecture slides introducing plural German nouns. After a brief and very simple explanation of how plural nouns are formed in English, the video proceeds to explain how plural nouns are formed in German by highlighting five main patterns of plural formation with related subcategories.

The video covers:

00:04 Explanation of how plurals nouns are formed in English
01:48 Pattern 1 (No noun ending)
02:15 Pattern 1a (No noun ending, stem vowel change)
03:17 Pattern 2 (An "-e" noun ending)
03:45 Pattern 2a (An "-e" noun ending, stem vowel change)
04:19 Pattern 3 (An "-er" noun ending, stem vowel change)
05:01 Pattern 4 (A "-n" noun ending)
05:46 Pattern 4a (An "-en" noun ending)
06:23 Pattern 4b (A "-nen" noun ending)
06:49 Pattern 5 (A "-s" noun ending)