De or het kerst?
de kerst
Christmas, the major Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus
/kɛrst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kerst
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kersten
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kerst is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kersten whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kerst | deze kersten |
| that, those | die kerst | die kersten |
| which (the … that) | de kerst die … | de kersten die … |
| our | onze kerst | onze kersten |
Meaning in English
- Christmas, the major Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ
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