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