De or het beek?
de beek
brook, creek (running waterway smaller than a river)
/beːk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de beek
- Plural (meervoud)
- de beken
- Diminutive
- het beekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de beek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de beken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het beekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze beek | deze beken |
| that, those | die beek | die beken |
| which (the … that) | de beek die … | de beken die … |
| our | onze beek | onze beken |
Meaning in English
- brook, creek (running waterway smaller than a river)
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