De or het bagel?
de bagel
bagel (ring-shaped pastry)
/ˈbeː.ɡəl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bagel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bagels
- Diminutive
- het bageltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bagel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bagels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bageltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bagel | deze bagels |
| that, those | die bagel | die bagels |
| which (the … that) | de bagel die … | de bagels die … |
| our | onze bagel | onze bagels |
Meaning in English
- bagel (ring-shaped pastry)
- dredged peat (also: baggel)
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