Is Luggage Countable or Uncountable?
Luggage refers to bags and suitcases used for travel. It is an uncountable noun and should not be used in the plural form:
✅ I need to pack my luggage for the trip.
❌ I need to pack my luggages for the trip.
✅ Please keep an eye on your luggage at the airport.
❌ Please keep an eye on your luggages at the airport.
✅ The tour group arrived with a lot of luggage.
❌ The tour group arrived with a lot of luggages.
✅ How much luggage do you have?
❌ How many luggages do you have?
Like other uncountable nouns, luggage takes a singular verb:
✅ Her luggage was too heavy to carry alone.
❌ Her luggage were too heavy to carry alone.
✅ Make sure your luggage is properly tagged.
❌ Make sure your luggage are properly tagged.
✅ There is some luggage by the entrance that needs to be moved.
❌ There are some luggage by the entrance that need to be moved.
If you need to quantify luggage, you can say piece(s) of luggage or some luggage. Do not say a luggage:
✅ She lost a piece of luggage at the airport.
❌ She lost a luggage at the airport.
✅ They travelled with three pieces of luggage each.
❌ They travelled with three luggages each.
✅ We left some luggage in the car.
❌ We left a luggage in the car.
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| The entry for the noun luggage in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary |
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Examples from the Media
The pilot then announced that some luggage would be left behind because the plane was overweight. —CBC (2023)
Since it opened its doors in 1994, the airport has never lost a piece of luggage, giving it an impeccable 21-year record. —Daily Mail (2015)
But with 470 million pieces of luggage checked on domestic flights alone in 2022, a fraction of a percent still adds up to hundreds of thousands of orphaned bags. —The Washington Post (2023)
If you're booking ahead and have a lot of luggage, let the taxi company know — some cars can't accommodate lots of cases. —The West Australian (2014)
"Qantas offers the most generous amount of cabin baggage of any Australian airline and we know customers like the convenience of not having to check in luggage. But we're getting feedback from regular flyers who say all customers need to be reminded about how much luggage they can take on-board," a Qantas spokesman told news.com.au. —The New Zealand Herald (2018)
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