De or het kers?
de kers
a cherry, a stone fruit of a cherry tree
/kɛrs/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kers
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kersen
- Diminutive
- het kersje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kers is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kersen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kersje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kers | deze kersen |
| that, those | die kers | die kersen |
| which (the … that) | de kers die … | de kersen die … |
| our | onze kers | onze kersen |
Meaning in English
- a cherry, a stone fruit of a cherry tree
- a cherry tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially the subgenus Cerasus
- cress: a term used of various plants, chiefly but not solely of the family Brassicaceae (crucifers), particularly of the genus Rorippa
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