De or het beer?
de beer
a bear, any member of the family Ursidae
/beːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de beer
- Plural (meervoud)
- de beren
- Diminutive
- het beertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de beer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de beren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het beertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze beer | deze beren |
| that, those | die beer | die beren |
| which (the … that) | de beer die … | de beren die … |
| our | onze beer | onze beren |
Meaning in English
- a bear, any member of the family Ursidae
- a person who is physically impressive and/or crude
- boar (male swine)
- buttress; protective external construction, notably against ice or supporting the weight of the main building
- a boar-shaped type of battering ram
- a male badger
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