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An en word takes one of the following endings when it is pluralized: or, ar, er. An ett word takes an n or no ending at all.
Indefinite Plural
En words that end in -a |
drop -a and add -or |
en klocka - klockor |
a watch - (some) watches |
En words that end in -e |
drop -e and add -ar |
en pojke - pojkar |
a boy - (some) boys |
En words with stress on last vowel |
add -er |
en kamrat - kamrater |
a friend - (some) friends |
Ett words that end in a vowel |
add -n |
ett ställe - ställen |
a place - (some) places |
Ett words that end in a consonant |
no ending |
ett rum - rum |
a room - (some) rooms |
To form the definite plural, you must first form the indefinite plural and then add these endings to that word.
Indef. Plural En words | add -na | klockor - klockorna | (some) watches - the watches |
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in a vowel | add -a | ställen - ställena | (some) places - the places |
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in a consonant | add -en | rum - rummen | (some) rooms - the rooms |
There are some nouns that change their vowel in the plural.
These nouns usually take the -er ending when forming the indefinite plural.
en natt - nätter | a night - nights | en bonde - bönder | a farmer - farmers |
en stad - städer | a town - towns | en ledamot - ledamöter | a member - members |
en hand - händer | a hand - hands | en fot - fötter | a foot - feet |
en tand - tänder | a tooth - teeth | en rot - rötter | a root - roots |
en strand - stränder | a beach - beaches | en bok - böcker | a book - books |
en rand - ränder | a stripe - stripes | en man - män | a man - men |
ett land - länder | a country - countries | mannen - männen | the man - the men |
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