De or het kalf?
het kalf
a calf (young cow or bull; young bovine)
/kɑlf/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het kalf
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kalveren
- Diminutive
- het kalfje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het kalf is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kalveren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kalfje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit kalf | deze kalveren |
| that, those | dat kalf | die kalveren |
| which (the … that) | het kalf dat … | de kalveren die … |
| our | ons kalf | onze kalveren |
Meaning in English
- a calf (young cow or bull; young bovine)
- a calf (young elephant; young deer; young of certain marine mammals)
- a lintel
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