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