De or het boon?
de boon
bean
/boːn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de boon
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bonen
- Diminutive
- het boontje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de boon is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bonen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het boontje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze boon | deze bonen |
| that, those | die boon | die bonen |
| which (the … that) | de boon die … | de bonen die … |
| our | onze boon | onze bonen |
Meaning in English
- bean
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