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