De or het gans?
de gans
a goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae
/ɣɑns/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de gans
- Plural (meervoud)
- de ganzen
- Diminutive
- het gansje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de gans is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de ganzen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het gansje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze gans | deze ganzen |
| that, those | die gans | die ganzen |
| which (the … that) | de gans die … | de ganzen die … |
| our | onze gans | onze ganzen |
Meaning in English
- a goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae
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