De or het knop?
de knop
a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control
Article and plural
- Singular
- de knop
- Plural (meervoud)
- de knoppen
- Diminutive
- het knopje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de knop is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de knoppen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het knopje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze knop | deze knoppen |
| that, those | die knop | die knoppen |
| which (the … that) | de knop die … | de knoppen die … |
| our | onze knop | onze knoppen |
Meaning in English
- a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control, power to stop
- a knob, roundish handle, ornament etc.
- a bud of a plant
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