De or het boerderij?
de boerderij
a farm
/ˌbur.dəˈrɛi̯/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de boerderij
- Plural (meervoud)
- de boerderijen
- Diminutive
- het boerderijtje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de boerderijen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het boerderijtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze boerderij | deze boerderijen |
| that, those | die boerderij | die boerderijen |
| which (the … that) | de boerderij die … | de boerderijen die … |
| our | onze boerderij | onze boerderijen |
Meaning in English
- a farm
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