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The grammatical form that indicates that only one unit of a person, object, or matter is meant. The singular form.
Der Singular von „Häuser“ ist „das Haus“.
The singular of 'Häuser' (houses) is 'das Haus' (the house).
'Singular' (singular) is a grammatical technical term from Latin. It is mainly used in language lessons or in linguistics.
Im Unterricht haben wir gelernt, wie man den Singular und Plural von Nomen bildet.
In class, we learned how to form the singular and plural of nouns.
To express that a word is in the singular form, you use the fixed phrase 'im Singular stehen' (to be in the singular).
Das Verb „geht“ steht in der dritten Person Singular.
The verb 'geht' (goes) is in the third person singular.
When you want to name the singular form of a word, you often use the structure: 'Der Singular von [Pluralwort] ist [Singularwort]' (The singular of [plural word] is [singular word]).
Der Singular von „die Kinder“ ist „das Kind“.
The singular of 'die Kinder' (the children) is 'das Kind' (the child).
majority / plural
'die Mehrzahl' and 'der Singular' are opposites in grammar. 'die Mehrzahl' is used when it is about more than one person or thing. 'der Singular' is used when only one person or thing is meant. The simple contrast is: singular means one, Mehrzahl means more than one.
Im Singular sagt man „der Termin“, nicht „die Termine“.
In the singular, you say 'der Termin', not 'die Termine'.
Bei vielen deutschen Nomen ändert sich in der Mehrzahl auch der Artikel.
With many German nouns, the article also changes in the plural.