De or het date?
de date
a date (romantic outing)
/deːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de date
- Plural (meervoud)
- de dates
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de date is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de dates 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 date | deze dates |
| that, those | die date | die dates |
| which (the … that) | de date die … | de dates die … |
| our | onze date | onze dates |
Meaning in English
- a date (romantic outing)
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