Plurals With -er
d'Kand → d'Kanner, d'Haus → d'Haiser, de Mann → d'Männer. The -er ending has no n, so the n-rule never changes it.
How It Works
1. Neuter nouns
- d'Kand → d'Kanner (children), d'Haus → d'Haiser (houses), d'Buch → d'Bicher (books)
- d'Bild → d'Biller (pictures), d'Land → d'Länner (countries), d'Duerf → d'Dierfer (villages)
- d'Wuert → d'Wierder (words), d'Kleed → d'Kleeder (dresses), d'Bett → d'Better (beds)
2. Masculine nouns
- de Mann → d'Männer (men), den Dësch → d'Dëscher (tables), de Bësch → d'Bëscher (forests)
3. Changes inside the word
- a → ä: Mann → Männer, Land → Länner
- au → ai: Haus → Haiser
- u → i: Buch → Bicher
- ue → ie: Duerf → Dierfer, Wuert → Wierder
Words ending in -nd or -ld also change those letters to -nn- and -ll-: Kand → Kanner, Land → Länner, Bild → Biller.
4. Article and n-rule
The plural article is d', even for a masculine noun: de Mann → d'Männer. The -er ending does not end in n, so it looks the same before every word.
Examples (5)
- D'Kanner spillen am Gaart.
The children are playing in the garden.
Kand → Kanner: nd becomes nn.
- D'Haiser hei sinn al.
The houses here are old.
Haus → Haiser: au becomes ai.
- Ech liese gär Bicher.
I like reading books.
Buch → Bicher: u becomes i.
- Lëtzebuerg huet vill Dierfer.
Luxembourg has a lot of villages.
Duerf → Dierfer: ue becomes ie.
- Mir hunn zwee Dëscher an dräi Better.
We have two tables and three beds.
A masculine noun (Dësch) and a neuter noun (Bett) with -er and no vowel change.
Common Mistakes
Using the German plural.
D'Kinder spillen.D'Kanner spillen.The Luxembourgish plural of Kand is Kanner.
Forgetting the vowel change.
D'Hauser si grouss.D'Haiser si grouss.Haus changes au to ai in the plural.
Adding -en to a noun that takes -er.
Mir brauchen zwee Dëschen.Mir brauchen zwee Dëscher.Dësch forms its plural with -er.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Before Plurals With -er, learn Plurals With -en.
Related Patterns
- Plurals by Vowel Change
Some nouns change only their vowel, with no ending.
Level 1 - Plurals With No Change
Some nouns do not change at all in the plural.
Level 1 - d'The Short Article D'
The article used with every plural.
Level 1 - Three Noun Genders
Most -er plurals belong to neuter nouns.
Level 1 - Diminutives: -chen and -elchen
Diminutives form their plural with -ercher or -elcher, as in Meedchen and Meedercher.
Level 2
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