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