GROUP 2: add ¨e or -e (if the vowel is not umlautable)
1 Masculine nouns of one syllable (as well as a few bisyllabic nouns), e.g. Baum, Stuhl
2 Some neuter nouns of one syllable (listed here); none take an Umlaut except das Floß
3 Some feminine nouns of one syllable (listed here)
4 Masculine and neuter nouns ending in -ich, -ig, -ing, -nis, -sal, e.g der König, der Jüngling, das Gefängnis (NB: Those ending in -nis go -nisse in the plural)5 Masculine and neuter nouns beginning with Ge- and ending in a stressed syllable, e.g. das Gebet (see Group 3 for some neuter exceptions).
These masculine nouns do not take an Umlaut in the plural:
der Arm /der Flur /der Mond /der Ruf /der Tag
der Besuch /der Hund /der Ort /der Schuh
der Dom /der Monat /der Punkt /der Stof
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These neuter nouns do not take an Umlaut (no neuter nouns in Group 2 do except das Floß) das Bein /das Haar /das Pult /das Schwein /das Tier /das Wort* *Also found in Group 3 but with a different meaning, i.e. Worte is a collective referring to what someone said, e.g. Gottes Worte (the words of God). These are the most common feminine nouns in this group but there are more: die Angst /die Gans /die Luft /die Nuss /die Wurst |
