De or het barak?
de barak
barracks (housing for (garrisoned) soldiers)
/baːˈrɑk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de barak
- Plural (meervoud)
- de barakken
- Diminutive
- het barakje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de barak is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de barakken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het barakje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze barak | deze barakken |
| that, those | die barak | die barakken |
| which (the … that) | de barak die … | de barakken die … |
| our | onze barak | onze barakken |
Meaning in English
- barracks (housing for (garrisoned) soldiers)
- barrack (building used for housing in a (concentration) camp)
- shed, shelter
- barrack (any relatively primitive temporary building, especially used for housing)
- field hospital
- temporary building to house, treat or isolate patients of contagious diseases, especially cholera
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