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