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I can recognise and use German plural rule 3 - add -(e)n to feminine nouns - and say what things are like using ‘ist’ and ‘sind’.

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Key learning points

'Sein' means 'to be, being', 'ist' (is) is the 3rd person singular and 'sind' is the 3rd person plural.
For all plural nouns, the German word for 'the' is 'die'.
For noun plural rule 3, most feminine nouns add '-n' or '-en'.
Feminine nouns ending in -el, -en or -er almost always add -n or -en in the plural form too.

Common misconception

Feminine noun plurals are the same as masculine and neuter noun plurals.

Most feminine nouns add either an -e or an -en to the end of the noun in its plural form. Feminine nouns ending in -el or -er also add an -n unlike in the masculine and neuter form where nouns ending in these letters don't tend to change.

Keywords

Sein - to be, being
Ist - 3rd person singular of ‘sein’, ‘is’
Sind - 3rd person plural form of ‘sein’, ‘are’
Plural - more than one

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