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