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