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