De or het baard?
de baard
beard (mass of facial hair that includes chin hair)
/baːrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de baard
- Plural (meervoud)
- de baarden
- Diminutive
- het baardje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de baard is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de baarden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het baardje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze baard | deze baarden |
| that, those | die baard | die baarden |
| which (the … that) | de baard die … | de baarden die … |
| our | onze baard | onze baarden |
Meaning in English
- beard (mass of facial hair that includes chin hair)
- key bit
- awn, beard
- baleen, whalebone
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