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