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