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