De or het baksteen?
de baksteen
a brick, a hardened block of, for example, clay.
/ˈbɑk.steːn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de baksteen
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bakstenen
- Diminutive
- het baksteentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de baksteen is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bakstenen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het baksteentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze baksteen | deze bakstenen |
| that, those | die baksteen | die bakstenen |
| which (the … that) | de baksteen die … | de bakstenen die … |
| our | onze baksteen | onze bakstenen |
Meaning in English
- a brick, a hardened block of, for example, clay.
- brick, the building material.
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