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