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