De or het garnaal?
de garnaal
shrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata
/ɣɑrˈnaːl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de garnaal
- Plural (meervoud)
- de garnalen
- Diminutive
- het garnaaltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de garnaal is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de garnalen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het garnaaltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze garnaal | deze garnalen |
| that, those | die garnaal | die garnalen |
| which (the … that) | de garnaal die … | de garnalen die … |
| our | onze garnaal | onze garnalen |
Meaning in English
- shrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata, especially of the infraorder Caridea
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