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Norsk plural is confusing. Why wouldn't "barn" be "barne" or "barner"? I've noticed that some nouns get a pluralized form and some don't.
1983
There are only a few neuter monosyllabic nouns which stay unchanged for the indefinite plural (mind: composites with such a neuter noun as basis follow this system as well); anythings else is pretty much straight forward with -er-endings. (Words that have an -el / -er-ending in singular are the one small exception.)
et hus - hus
et rådhus - rådhus
et bær - bær
et jordbær - jordbær
et barn - barn
et barnebarn - barnebarn
Anything else -er-ending for plural:
en kopp - kopper
ei kvinne - kvinner
et eple - epler
Here examples for the exceptions for -el / -er-nouns (dropping one e / adding one at the end):
obs!: en lærer - lærere
obs!: en nøkkel - nøkler
We do it in English, too, with many of the same words (for obvious reasons): fish, deer, sheep, moose, etc.
