Activities: "German diminutives: What are they and how to use them?"
Activity 1: Diminutives with ‘-chen’
Create the diminutive for the following nouns using -chen. Include the definite article. Remember that the gender might change, and you might need to add some umlauts!
der Elefant → das Elefäntchen
die Straße →
der Teufel →
die Bienen (plural) →
die Faust →
die Hand →
die Hasen (plural) →
der Fuß →
der Kopf →
das Messer →
Activity 2: Diminutives with ‘-lein’
Create the diminutive for the following nouns using -lein. Include the definite article. Remember that the gender might change, and you might need to add some umlauts!
der Bach → das Bächlein
die Schwester →
die Blume →
die Männer (plural) →
die Frau →
das Kind →
das Dach →
die Brüder (plural) →
Activity 3: What’s the non-diminutive form?
Change the following diminutive forms back to their original form. Include the definite article. Don’t forget that you might need to change the gender or remove some umlauts!
das Näschen → die Nase
das Tischlein →
das Schränkchen →
die Hummelchen (plural) →
das Kälbchen →
die Kinderlein (plural) →
