Nouns represent people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to refer to somebody or something. Memorize the English nouns below and you’ll be well equipped for almost every basic conversation.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning English“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Nouns

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Important nouns

EnglishPronunciation
(Audio)
childen-sing_child
childrenen-plur_child
manen-sing_man
menen-plur_man
womanen-sing_woman
womenen-plur_woman
familyen-sing_family
familiesen-plur_family
town
city		en-sing_towncity
en-sing_towncity-2
towns
cities		en-plur_towncity
en-plur_towncity-2
countryen-sing_country
countriesen-plur_country
worlden-sing_world
worldsen-plur_world
houseen-sing_house
housesen-plur_house
caren-sing_car
carsen-plur_car
street
road		en-sing_streetroad
en-sing_streetroad-2
streets
roads		en-plur_streetroad
en-plur_streetroad-2
shopen-sing_shop
shopsen-plur_shop
dooren-sing_door
doorsen-plur_door
tableen-sing_table
tablesen-plur_table
chairen-sing_chair
chairsen-plur_chair
windowen-sing_window
windowsen-plur_window
newspaperen-sing_newspaper
newspapersen-plur_newspaper
booken-sing_book
booksen-plur_book
penen-sing_pen
pensen-plur_pen
bagen-sing_bag
bagsen-plur_bag
rucksacken-sing_rucksack
rucksacksen-plur_rucksack
happinessen-sing_happiness
loveen-sing_love
floweren-sing_flower
flowersen-plur_flower
ballen-sing_ball
ballsen-plur_ball
worken-sing_work
worksen-plur_work
vacationen-sing_vacation
vacationsen-plur_vacation
passporten-sing_passport
passportsen-plur_passport
languageen-sing_language
languagesen-plur_language
questionen-sing_question
questionsen-plur_question
answeren-sing_answer
answersen-plur_answer
beginning
start		en-sing_beginningstart
en-sing_beginningstart-2
beginnings
starts		en-plur_beginningstart
en-plur_beginningstart-2
enden-sing_end
endsen-plur_end

Vocabulary trainer: Basic Nouns in English

How do you say
child
in English?

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