Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
dom	domy	a house
profesor	profesorzy/ profesorowie	a professor
pracownik	pracownicy	a worker
ogrodnik	ogrodnicy	a gardener
sklep	sklepy	a shop
obraz	obrazy	a painting
płot	płoty	a fence
budynek	budynki	a building
kieł	kły	a canine
róg	rogi	a horn
stół	stoły	a table
krąg	kręgi	a ring
paw	pawie	a peacock
żółw	żółwie	a turtle
gołąb	gołębie	a pigeon

The
e
ending usage

Use the

ending for nouns ending with a soft consonant.

List of hard and soft consonants

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
stróż	stróże	a watchman
malarz	malarze	a painter
szal	szale	a scarf
mecz	mecze	a match
kij	kije	a stick
plac	place	a square
pędzel	pędzle	a brush
precel	precle	a pretzel
kręgiel	kręgle	a bowling pin
gwóźdź	gwoździe	a nail
uprząż	uprzęże	a harness
kupiec	kupcy	a merchant
sprzedawca	sprzedawcy	a seller
chłopiec	chłopcy	a boy

The
owie
ending usage

Some nouns describing titles or relations take the

owie

ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
pan	panowie	a gentleman
oficer	oficerowie	an officer
kapitan	kapitanowie	a captain
profesor	profesorowie / profesorzy	a professor
teść	teściowie	a father-in-law
bóg	bogowie	a god
dziadek	dziadkowie	a grandfather
mąż	mężowie	a husband
ojciec	ojcowie	a father

The
anie
ending usage

Nouns ending with

-anin

take the

anie

ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
Amerykanin	Amerykanie	an American
Rosjanin	Rosjanie	a Russian
Marsjanin	Marsjanie	a Martian
Pomorzanin	Pomorzanie	a Pomeranian

Irregular nouns

There are nouns that take irregular plural forms.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
brat	bracia	a brother
człowiek	ludzie	a human
ksiądz	księża	a priest
książę	książęta	a prince
Włoch	Włosi	an Italian
(only plural form)	drzwi	a door
(only plural form)	nożyczki	scissors

Practice in Noun Declinator

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Neuter Singular Nouns

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Feminine Plural Nouns

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Plural Nouns

Masculine plural nouns in Nominative Case take the following endings:

Endings

owie

anie

Practice in Noun Declinator

Some nouns may have irregularities in their stem during declension.

Orthography rule

The
y
i
ending usage

Use the

ending for nouns ending with a hard consonant. If the noun is a personal noun then first soften the stem and then use the ending.

List of hard and soft consonants

How to determine when to use the

ending?

How to soften the stem?

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
dom	domy	a house
profesor	profesorzy/ profesorowie	a professor
pracownik	pracownicy	a worker
ogrodnik	ogrodnicy	a gardener
sklep	sklepy	a shop
obraz	obrazy	a painting
płot	płoty	a fence
budynek	budynki	a building
kieł	kły	a canine
róg	rogi	a horn
stół	stoły	a table
krąg	kręgi	a ring
paw	pawie	a peacock
żółw	żółwie	a turtle
gołąb	gołębie	a pigeon

The
e
ending usage

Use the

ending for nouns ending with a soft consonant.

List of hard and soft consonants

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
stróż	stróże	a watchman
malarz	malarze	a painter
szal	szale	a scarf
mecz	mecze	a match
kij	kije	a stick
plac	place	a square
pędzel	pędzle	a brush
precel	precle	a pretzel
kręgiel	kręgle	a bowling pin
gwóźdź	gwoździe	a nail
uprząż	uprzęże	a harness
kupiec	kupcy	a merchant
sprzedawca	sprzedawcy	a seller
chłopiec	chłopcy	a boy

The
owie
ending usage

Some nouns describing titles or relations take the

owie

ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
pan	panowie	a gentleman
oficer	oficerowie	an officer
kapitan	kapitanowie	a captain
profesor	profesorowie / profesorzy	a professor
teść	teściowie	a father-in-law
bóg	bogowie	a god
dziadek	dziadkowie	a grandfather
mąż	mężowie	a husband
ojciec	ojcowie	a father

The
anie
ending usage

Nouns ending with

-anin

take the

anie

ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
Amerykanin	Amerykanie	an American
Rosjanin	Rosjanie	a Russian
Marsjanin	Marsjanie	a Martian
Pomorzanin	Pomorzanie	a Pomeranian

Irregular nouns

There are nouns that take irregular plural forms.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Plural Nominative Case	English
brat	bracia	a brother
człowiek	ludzie	a human
ksiądz	księża	a priest
książę	książęta	a prince
Włoch	Włosi	an Italian
(only plural form)	drzwi	a door
(only plural form)	nożyczki	scissors

Practice in Noun Declinator

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Neuter Singular Nouns

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Feminine Plural Nouns

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Plural Nouns

The yi ending usage

The e ending usage

The owie ending usage

The anie ending usage

Irregular nouns

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Plural Nouns

The yi ending usage

The e ending usage

The owie ending usage

The anie ending usage

Irregular nouns

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The
y
i
ending usage

The
e
ending usage

The
owie
ending usage

The
anie
ending usage

The
y
i
ending usage

The
e
ending usage

The
owie
ending usage

The
anie
ending usage