De or het kerk?
de kerk
church, house of Christian worship
/kɛrk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kerk
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kerken
- Diminutive
- het kerkje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kerk is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kerken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kerkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kerk | deze kerken |
| that, those | die kerk | die kerken |
| which (the … that) | de kerk die … | de kerken die … |
| our | onze kerk | onze kerken |
Meaning in English
- church, house of Christian worship
- church, confessional religious organization
- church, temple, non-Christian house of worship
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