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