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The Labour Party have lost many of their followers recently. | Die Labour-Partei hat in letzter Zeit viele ihrer Anhänger eingebüßt. |
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The police are investigating the allegations. | Die Polizei untersucht die Vorwürfe. |
Greater Manchester Police has not revealed where the footage was taken or at what time. | Die Polizei von Greater Manchester hat noch nicht bekanntgegeben, wann und wo die Aufnahmen gemacht wurden. |
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One hundred thousand euros is a lot of money! | Hunderttausend Euro sind eine Menge Geld! |
Two weeks is a long time to be off work ill. | Zwei Wochen sind eine lange Zeit, um wegen Krankheit in der Arbeit zu fehlen. |
Those four weeks' holiday were just what I needed. | Diese vier Wochen Urlaub waren genau das, was ich gebraucht habe! |
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acoustics | die Akustik |
economics | die Wirtschaftslehre |
statistics | die Statistik |
Beispiele für Allgemeingebrauch / Plural: | |
acoustics | die Akustik (eines Raums) |
economics | wirtschaftliche Gegebenheiten |
statistics | die Statistik(zahlen) |
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Statistics is my favourite subject. The statistics speak for themselves. | Statistik ist mein Lieblingsfach. Die Statistik spricht für sich. |
Acoustics is the study of sounds. The acoustics of the room were so poor we could hardly make out what the speaker was saying. | Die Akustik (als Wissenschaft) ist die Lehre vom Schall. Die Akustik (= die akustischen Eigenschaften) des Raums war so schlecht, dass wir den Sprecher kaum verstehen konnten. |
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Water is good for you. | Wasser ist gesund. |
Beer will only make you fat. | Bier macht dich nur dick. |
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Some waters disagree with me. | Manche Mineralwassersorten bekommen mir nicht. |
The pub has dozens of beers on tap. | Die Kneipe hat Dutzende Biersorten vom Fass. |
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Singular | Plural als Sammelbegriff | Plural bei Fischsorten |
trout | trout | trouts |
salmon | salmon | salmons |
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data | die Daten |
spaghetti | die Spaghetti |
media | die Medien |
visa (visa hat auch eine Pluralform, und zwar visas) | das Visum |
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damage – der Schaden, die Schäden | damages – der Schadenersatz |
hair – das Haar, die Haare (als Gesamtheit) | hairs – (einzelne) Haare (z. B. auf der Brust) |
stair – die Stufe | stairs – die Treppe |
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people | Leute, Menschen |
peoples | Völker |
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It cost five pounds/pound fifty. | Es hat fünf Pfund fünfzig gekostet. |
I lost ten quid on a bet. | Ich habe bei einer Wette zehn Pfund verloren. |
Simple pluralisation guide, regular plurals | irregular plurals | latin | singular, plural forms, regular plurals.
The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter 's' to the end of the word .
For example:-
But there are some exceptions:-
Nouns that end in - ch, -x, -s, -sh add ' -es ' to the end of the word.
Most nouns ending in - o preceded by a consonant also form their plurals by adding '- es ' .
However many newly created words and words with a Spanish or Italian origin that end in - o just add an ' s '.
Nouns that end in a single 'z', add ' -zes ' to the end of the word.
Nouns ending in a consonant + y , drop the y and add ' -ies ' .
Most nouns ending in 'is' , drop the ' is ' and add ' -es '.
Most nouns ending in -f or -fe, drop the f and add ' ves ' .
But this isn't a hard and fast rule:-
There are also a lot of common nouns that have irregular plurals.
Most common nouns connected with human beings seem to be irregular.
Other irregular common nouns are:-
foot - feet | goose - geese | mouse - mice | tooth - teeth
Some nouns have identical plural and singular forms.
In the plural form they still take a plural verb (are / were):-
There is an aircraft in the hangar. There are some aircraft in the hangar. There was a fish in the tank. There were some fish in the tank.
Uncountable nouns on the other hand have no plural form and take a singular verb (is / was ...).
There is a lot of luggage on the plane, but a piece of luggage has gone missing.
Some nouns (especially those associated with two things) exist only in the plural form and take a plural verb (are / were...).
Have you seen my scissors? They were on my desk.
Nouns that stem from older forms of English or are of foreign origin often have odd plurals.
In compound nouns the plural ending is usually added to the main noun.
Linguists can argue for hours about the plural ending of nouns ending in -us. Many of these words are loanwords from Latin and preserve their Latin plural form, replacing the -us suffix with -i, but of course not all words ending in -us have a Latin origin , and some Latin words ending in -us were not pluralized with -i. hence the argument.
The English plural of virus is viruses , not viri .
Other Latin loanwords that take the regular English plural -es ending include campus - campuses | bonus - bonuses
Latin loanwords that take a -i plural ending include radius - radii | alumnus - alumni
If you want to bait a linguist ask them if the plural of crocus is crocuses or croci, or whether the plural of octopus is octopuses, octopi or octopodes.
Uncountable nouns are always singular.
The pronouns each, either, neither, another, and all compound words ending in one, body, or thing are always singular.
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Firstly, “Essays” is the plural form of the singular noun “Essay.” When we want to refer to more than one essay, we simply add an “s” to the end of the word. This is the conventional English rule for forming plurals of nouns, and it applies to “Essay” as well.
The plural of nouns in English. 1. Regular Plural Forms. 1.1. How to form the plural. We form the plural by adding - s to the singular of the noun. Singular. Plural. a car.
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How to form regular English plural nouns with -s, -es, etc, how to find patterns in irregular plurals like “children” and “lives”, and more difficult kinds such as plurals of Latin words
Word forms: plural essays, 3rd person singular present tense essays, present participle essaying, past tense, past participle essayed pronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (e seɪ). The verb is pronounced (es eɪ).
In English, nouns are words that are used to identify people, places, or things. For example, the dog or the beach. But how do you make them plural? This article will explain some simple rules for plural nouns in English and how to use them in sentences.
Plurals involve more than just adding an “s” to a word, as there are rules and exceptions that learners need to understand. This guide will provide a comprehensive overview of plural nouns, encompassing regular and irregular forms, as well as singular nouns that defy the typical pluralization rules.
Tendenziell wird im britischen Englisch die Plural-, im amerikanischen Englisch dagegen die Singularform des Verbs bevorzugt.
Learn about plurals in English, from their meaning and rules to examples that illustrate how singular words become plural. Understand the concept of singular and plural nouns.
Regular Plurals. The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter 's' to the end of the word . For example:-. bag - bags. dog - dogs. horse - horses. minute - minutes. But there are some exceptions:-. Nouns that end in - ch, -x, -s, -sh add ' -es ' to the end of the word.