De or het banaan?
de banaan
banana
/baːˈnaːn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de banaan
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bananen
- Diminutive
- het banaantje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de banaan is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bananen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het banaantje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze banaan | deze bananen |
| that, those | die banaan | die bananen |
| which (the … that) | de banaan die … | de bananen die … |
| our | onze banaan | onze bananen |
Meaning in English
- banana
- plantain
Remember banaan with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)