De or het café?
het café
café; coffee shop
/kaːˈfeː/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het café
- Plural (meervoud)
- de cafés
- Diminutive
- het cafeetje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het café is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de cafés whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het cafeetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit café | deze cafés |
| that, those | dat café | die cafés |
| which (the … that) | het café dat … | de cafés die … |
| our | ons café | onze cafés |
Meaning in English
- café; coffee shop
- pub, bar
- snackbar
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