De or het armband?
de armband
bracelet
/ˈɑrm.bɑnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de armband
- Plural (meervoud)
- de armbanden
- Diminutive
- het armbandje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de armband is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de armbanden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het armbandje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze armband | deze armbanden |
| that, those | die armband | die armbanden |
| which (the … that) | de armband die … | de armbanden die … |
| our | onze armband | onze armbanden |
Meaning in English
- bracelet
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