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