De or het grap?
de grap
joke
/ɣrɑp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de grap
- Plural (meervoud)
- de grappen
- Diminutive
- het grapje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de grap is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de grappen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het grapje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze grap | deze grappen |
| that, those | die grap | die grappen |
| which (the … that) | de grap die … | de grappen die … |
| our | onze grap | onze grappen |
Meaning in English
- joke
- an adverse event or unnecessary item that incurs a considerable cost
Remember grap with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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