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