Topic: German

"Wo ist meine Jeans?"

Translation:Where are my jeans?

September 3, 2017

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/eliza763

    Why ist?

    September 3, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/quis_lib_duo
    • 2105

    Because we consider one (pair of) jeans / one (pair of) trousers as a singular in German.

    September 3, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/asmaalbaraa

      But it take "meine" for plural !!

      October 27, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/EricDCream

        What's wrong with Wo sind meine Jeans

        February 17, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Oyoyo4
        • 276

        I don't understand why here Jeans takes singular in German. In English it takes plural and Jeans, according to Leo, is a plural noun even in German.

        February 23, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/asmaalbaraa

          But it take "meine" for plural !!

          October 27, 2017
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