De or het koe?
de koe
cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines
/ku/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de koe
- Plural (meervoud)
- de koeien
- Diminutive
- het koetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de koe is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de koeien whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het koetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze koe | deze koeien |
| that, those | die koe | die koeien |
| which (the … that) | de koe die … | de koeien die … |
| our | onze koe | onze koeien |
Meaning in English
- cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines
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