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The Class with -er: Class III by Jeffery Donley, Ph.D.

Remember that you have to attach -er to the nominative singular noun in order to construct the nominative plural. Also, you must attach an umlaut to the stem vowel.

Class III includes mostly one-syllable nouns, along with some masculine ones, and all nouns with the suffix -tum. Feminine nouns do not exist in Class III.

Exercise 13

Fill in the blanks with the correct singular nouns: das Haus (“house”) for questions 1–4 and das Land (“land”) for questions 5–8. Make sure you decline them accurately.

<tgroup cols="3"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="34%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. Gen:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>des</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. Dat:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>dem</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. Nom:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>das</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. Acc:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>das</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. Dat:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>dem</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. Acc:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>das</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. Nom:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>das</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. Gem:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>des</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 14</h2> <p>There are errors in some of the following articles and nouns. Fill in the blanks with the correct plurals of <emphasis>das Haus</emphasis> for questions 1–4 and <emphasis>das Land</emphasis> for questions 5–8.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="3"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="34%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. Acc:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>die Häusern</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. Nom:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>die Häuser</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. Dat:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>der Häusern</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. Gen:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>den Häuser</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. Acc:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>der Länder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. Nom:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>der Länder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. Gen:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>der Länder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. Dat:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>den Ländern</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 15</h2> <div class="npmo"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/np/german-practice/track.jpg"><div class="npcp"><p>TRACK 4</p></div></div> <p>Listen and translate these frequently used Class III neuter nouns.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>das Bild</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>das Feld</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>das Tal</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>das Gras</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>das Licht</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>das Volk</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>das Lied</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>das Dorf</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 16</h2> <p>Translate more of these significant Class III neuter and masculine nouns.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>der Ort</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>der Wald</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>das Kleid</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>______________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. 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