De or het kanaal?
het kanaal
canal (artificial waterway)
/kaːˈnaːl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het kanaal
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kanalen
- Diminutive
- het kanaaltje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het kanaal is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kanalen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kanaaltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit kanaal | deze kanalen |
| that, those | dat kanaal | die kanalen |
| which (the … that) | het kanaal dat … | de kanalen die … |
| our | ons kanaal | onze kanalen |
Meaning in English
- canal (artificial waterway)
- television or internet channel
- channel (narrow natural body of water)
- duct, pipe
- duct-shaped tissue
- frequency band
Remember kanaal with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)