Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can count to twelve in German, and recognise plurals of masculine, feminine and neuter nouns using four different plural rules.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- For noun plural rule 4, some masculine and neuter nouns add -er with or without an umlaut on the vowel (ä, ö, ü).
- 'Wie viele ...?' means 'How many ...?'.
- Numbers 1-12 in German are: eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, elf, zwölf.
Keywords
Plural rule 1 - add -e or -e + umlaut on a, o, u to many masculine and neuter nouns
Plural rule 2 - most masculine and neuter nouns ending in -en, -el, -er stay the same
Plural rule 3 - add -n or -en to most feminine nouns
Plural rule 4 - add -er to some masculine or neuter nouns, with or without umlaut on a, o, u
Common misconception
The same plural rules apply to nouns of all three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter).
There are different rules for different nouns. It often depends on whether the noun is masculine, feminine or neuter. It is important to learn the plural noun form when learning a new noun.
Teacher tip
In Task A1, get students to stand up when they hear the number for their birthday month.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
great
really great
quite great
OK
ugly
really ugly
Q2.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
doctor
place, room
game
train
piece
Q3.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
there is, there are
also
lots of, many
green
Q4.Which noun is the odd one out?
Q5.Put the accusative forms of 'a' in the following order: masculine, feminine, neuter.
Q6.Match each noun to the correct gender.
masculine
neuter
feminine
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the numbers in order from lowest to highest.
Q2.Put the numbers in order from lowest to highest.
Q3.Translate the following sentence into English: 'Es gibt viele Tische.'
Q4.Which of the following nouns stay the same in their plural form (plural rule 2)?
Q5.Match the nouns to the plural rule they apply to.
plural rule 1 - add -e or -e + umlaut (a, o, u) to many m and nt nouns
plural rule 3 - add -n or -en to most feminine nouns
plural rule 4 - add -er to m or nt nouns, with/without umlaut a, o, u
plural rule 2 - m and nt nouns ending in -en, -el, -er stay the same
Q6.Complete the following sentence: ' Spiele gibt es?'
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