De or het granaat?
de granaat
a grenade; e.g. a hand grenade, an artillery shell
/ɣraːˈnaːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de granaat
- Plural (meervoud)
- de granaten
- Diminutive
- het granaatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de granaat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de granaten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het granaatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze granaat | deze granaten |
| that, those | die granaat | die granaten |
| which (the … that) | de granaat die … | de granaten die … |
| our | onze granaat | onze granaten |
Meaning in English
- a grenade; e.g. a hand grenade, an artillery shell
- a garnet
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