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