Only rarely does the ending of a noun reveal how it forms the plural number. The following table includes the endings that point out specific ways of plural formation.
| Types of plural | Word ending | Examples | |
| Type A | ending -e | ||
|
masculine, feminine, neuter
|
-ig | Könige | |
| -ich | Teppiche | ||
| -ling | Schmetterlinge | ||
| -nis | Erlebnisse | ||
| Type C | without ending | ||
|
masculine, neuter
|
-ler | Künstler | |
| -ner | Schreiner | ||
| -en | Wagen | ||
| -tel | Gürtel | ||
| -chen | Mädchen | ||
| -lein | Fräulein | ||
| -el | Vögel | ||
| -er | Maler | ||
|
neuter
|
Ge-...-e | Gebirge | |
| Type D | ending -(e)n | ||
|
feminine
|
-rei | Konditoreien | |
| -lei | Kanzleien | ||
| -in | Lehrerinnen | ||
| -heit | Einzelheiten | ||
| -keit | Möglichkeiten | ||
| -schaft | Eigenschaften | ||
| -ung | Versprechungen | ||
| -el | Schachteln | ||
| -er | Leitern | ||
|
masculine, feminine
|
-e | Kunden, Straßen | |
|
neuter
|
-e | Augen | |