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