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