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