Die Brüder Grimm: plural nouns, weak masculine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can form the plurals of a range of German nouns and explore their use in the context of learning about 'die Brüder Grimm'.
I can correctly pronounce [au], [äu] and [eu].
- Year 11
- AQA
Die Brüder Grimm: plural nouns, weak masculine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can form the plurals of a range of German nouns and explore their use in the context of learning about 'die Brüder Grimm'.
I can correctly pronounce [au], [äu] and [eu].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Not all nouns form their plural in the same way, but there are helpful patterns we can learn.
- Some nouns add an umlaut to the vowel in their plural form, e.g., 'Bäume'. Pay attention to the change in pronunciation.
- Some masculine nouns referring to people and weak masculine nouns form their plural by adding '-(e)n'.
- Plural nouns add '-n' in their dative plural forms, e.g., 'den Brüdern'.
- Die Brüder Grimm published a world-famous collection of fairy tales in 1812, which was called 'Kinder- und Hausmärchen'.
Keywords
Plural - more than one
Weak masculine noun - a small set of masculine nouns that add '-(e)n' in all forms apart from the nominative singular
Common misconception
All nouns ending '-n' must be in the dative case.
The definite article 'den' shows the dative plural form as well as the '-n' added to the end of the dative plural. However, a number of nouns form their plural by adding '-(e)n' and are not in the dative case.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is a synonym for 'Raum'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
Q4.Match the German and English.
