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