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