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