German Vocabulary For English Speakers - 9000 Words Pdf

Before you groan at the idea of learning 9,000 foreign words, you need to understand that you already know hundreds, if not thousands, of them.

| Plural ending | Example | Frequency | |---------------|---------|------------| | - (nothing, add umlaut) | der Apfel → die Äpfel | 20% | | -e (often + umlaut) | der Tisch → die Tische | 40% | | -er (often + umlaut) | das Haus → die Häuser | 10% | | -n/-en | die Frau → die Frauen | 25% | | -s (loanwords) | das Auto → die Autos | 5% | german vocabulary for english speakers - 9000 words pdf