{"id":8186,"date":"2020-11-20T12:16:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishbusstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:49:44","slug":"training-or-trainings-what-is-the-correct-plural-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/en\/blog\/training-or-trainings-what-is-the-correct-plural-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Training or trainings: what is the correct plural form?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-rogoyq-0031dddbd671bf5491f7743ff4ae8778 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n<div class='flex_cell av-p31502-019cbf34198df1a81c315cafb26b699c av-gridrow-cell av_one_fifth no_margin  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><\/div><\/div><div class='flex_cell av-nbr6tu-509e783a376ddc99ae929c634f61c474 av-gridrow-cell av_three_fifth no_margin  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_cell_one_fifth  el_before_av_cell_one_fifth ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-dafd2e8b6fb0fac2968ce7f2b89e52ab\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-dafd2e8b6fb0fac2968ce7f2b89e52ab{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-dafd2e8b6fb0fac2968ce7f2b89e52ab .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-dafd2e8b6fb0fac2968ce7f2b89e52ab .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-dafd2e8b6fb0fac2968ce7f2b89e52ab av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Training or trainings: what is the correct plural form?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-khq7fkfb-0e93b48497f903c2b7533aa1973c9f65 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>We use the word &#8220;training&#8221; everyday. As a premium provider of language and communication training, it might even be one of the words we use most! But one question keeps creeping up. Is the correct plural &#8220;training&#8221; or &#8220;trainings&#8221;?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-627be2e789eb715263eff64eb7fba5e1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-627be2e789eb715263eff64eb7fba5e1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-627be2e789eb715263eff64eb7fba5e1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-627be2e789eb715263eff64eb7fba5e1 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-10226 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-10226 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/training.jpg\" alt='' title='training or trainings'  height=\"400\" width=\"700\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/training.jpg 700w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/training-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/training-450x257.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw99gksl-778ba1facd1d974831270b71c41841be\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jw99gksl-778ba1facd1d974831270b71c41841be .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:9px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw99gksl-778ba1facd1d974831270b71c41841be '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@camylla93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camylla Battani<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jw2840sd-a46ab5df0baa4ba1772e8ac5ed70f824 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Is training countable or uncountable?<\/h2>\n<p>That depends on whether you view \u201ctraining\u201d as a mass noun or a count noun. English-language experts fervently disagree on this matter. What is the difference between a mass noun and a count noun? According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexico.com\/definition\/mass_noun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford Dictionary<\/a>, a mass noun \u201cdenot[es] something that cannot be counted (e.g. a substance or quality)\u201d. Whereas a count noun, as the name implies, can be tallied.<\/p>\n<h2>The meaning of &#8220;trainings&#8221; in other languages<\/h2>\n<p>Before we look at the correct English-language translation of \u201cdie Trainings\u201d, let\u2019s first look at how this noun is used in German. Surprisingly, \u201cdas Training\u201d isn\u2019t as new as you might think. It has, according to Wolfgang Pfeifer\u2019s <em>Etymologisches W\u00f6rterbuch des Deutschen<\/em>, been used in German since the second half of the nineteenth century. While \u201cdas Training\u201d may have originally denoted a fitness regimen or a drill, its figurative meaning as an educational exercise or lesson has increased in popularity in business German over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/ngrams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Ngram viewer<\/a>, a tool that measures a word or phrase\u2019s popularity within millions of published texts, illustrates this well. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/10\/pitfalls-of-studying-language-with-google-ngram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Ngram is not without its drawbacks<\/a>, it offers the layperson the means to assess the popularity of specific terms over time. Its plural form, which always refers to the figurative use of the word, is roughly 1.75 times more popular than the plural form of the Germanic equivalent \u201cSchulungen\u201d. (Note: some of these iterations of \u201cTrainings\u201d could be the genitive form.) This trend began around the year 2000. Other European languages have also since adopted the term. The word \u201ctraining\u201d and its plural \u201ctrainings\u201d have found a home in French and Spanish business terminology too, for example.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-7e71cc12183ac37e55189b7c7bbab5f2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-7e71cc12183ac37e55189b7c7bbab5f2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-7e71cc12183ac37e55189b7c7bbab5f2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-7e71cc12183ac37e55189b7c7bbab5f2 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-8192 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8192 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/german-ngram-trainings.jpg\" alt='' title='german-ngram-trainings'  height=\"323\" width=\"691\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/german-ngram-trainings.jpg 691w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/german-ngram-trainings-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/german-ngram-trainings-450x210.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jks4sx83-b0a45a610ea0cc60a9d3722d2e5435c2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>But the English language that first exported the word training does not necessarily agree with the plural form that other languages have embraced. For years, I translated the plural \u201cdie Trainings\u201d as \u201ctraining\u201d in English because I considered it a mass noun like the word education. To talk about multiple episodes of training, you say training events, training sessions or training seminars.<\/p>\n<h2>The plural of &#8220;training&#8221; in British vs. American English<\/h2>\n<p>But language is ever changing. And things are indeed changing for the word \u201ctraining\u201d. I was first alerted to this when recently speaking with my sister, a native speaker of American English who lives and works in the US. Although I, too, am a native speaker, I\u2019ve been in Germany long enough that sometimes my language feels influenced by popular German Anglicisms. My sister said to me: \u201cWe have to schedule a lot of trainings at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My jaw dropped. Has this become an acceptable plural in English? And here\u2019s what I found out: yes, it is acceptable to use the plural form \u201ctrainings\u201d. But only in American English and only when emphasising training sessions as individual entities.<\/p>\n<p>The most authoritative American English dictionary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/thesaurus\/trainings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merriam-Webster<\/a>, agrees that the plural of training is \u201ctrainings\u201d. British dictionaries, such as the Oxford Dictionary, however, disagree that it can function as a count noun. For arbiters of British English, there is still no plural of training.<\/p>\n<p>Google Ngram shows us that dictionaries are mirroring written language, as well. The word has been popping up in the plural form more and more since 2000 \u2013 with a higher occurrence in American than British English. It\u2019s not surprising that Merriam-Webster has accepted the plural form and Oxford still has yet to do so. Which language uses it with a plural form the most, though? German: 23 times as much as US English. Perhaps it was even the Germans and other Europeans with their use of \u201ctrainings\u201d who imported this plural back into English.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jw2823qo-17ab538d22af4b7a51777279dbb551ee\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-17ab538d22af4b7a51777279dbb551ee img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jw2823qo-17ab538d22af4b7a51777279dbb551ee .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw2823qo-17ab538d22af4b7a51777279dbb551ee av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-8191 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8191 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/trainings-us-uk.png\" alt='' title='trainings-us-uk'  height=\"324\" width=\"702\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/trainings-us-uk.png 702w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/trainings-us-uk-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/englishbusiness.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/trainings-us-uk-450x208.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-khq7hjv7-2ca655df3b072a5988333be5f5404242 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jks4sx83-b0a45a610ea0cc60a9d3722d2e5435c2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Our final answer<\/h2>\n<p>To go back to the original question, its only officially correct usage in British English is as a mass noun, and American English also often uses it as a mass noun. So we\u2019d keep the sentence above as \u201cwe offer training\u201d in British and American English, but we might say in American English that a company \u201cbooked five trainings\u201d with us. In British English, we\u2019d say that a company \u201cbooked five training sessions\u201d with us.<\/p>\n<p>Can our language experts help you or your company? 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