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