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