De or het kerstdag?
de kerstdag
Christmas Day
/ˈkɛrs.dɑx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kerstdag
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kerstdagen
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kerstdag is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kerstdagen 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 kerstdag | deze kerstdagen |
| that, those | die kerstdag | die kerstdagen |
| which (the … that) | de kerstdag die … | de kerstdagen die … |
| our | onze kerstdag | onze kerstdagen |
Meaning in English
- Christmas Day
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