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