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