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