German Plural Nouns With –ER Endings

Nouns in this group add –er when plural and are mostly either masculine or neuter. There may also be some umlaut changes.

Example 1:

das Kind (singular) ----> die Kinder (plural)

Die Mutter liebt ihr Kind. (The mother loves her child.)
Die Mutter liebt ihre Kinder.

Example 2:

das Buch (the book)
---> die Bücher

Er liest das Buch. (He reads the book.) Er liest die Bücher.

The only time a different plural ending is added, is during the dative. In this case, the noun always adds an -ern ending. See chart below for a summary of this plural group in all cases.

Plural Nouns With –ER Endings

Case	Singular	Plural
nom. acc. dat. gen.	der Mann (the man) den Mann dem Mann des Mann	die Männer die Männer den Männern der Männer
nom. acc. dat. gen.	das Kind (the child) das Kind dem Kind des Kindes	die Kinder die Kinder den Kindern der Kinder