De or het kogel?
de kogel
projectile: bullet, shot (heavy iron ball used for the shot put)
/ˈkoː.ɣəl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kogel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kogels
- Diminutive
- het kogeltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kogel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kogels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kogeltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kogel | deze kogels |
| that, those | die kogel | die kogels |
| which (the … that) | de kogel die … | de kogels die … |
| our | onze kogel | onze kogels |
Meaning in English
- projectile: bullet, shot (heavy iron ball used for the shot put)
- sphere, ball-shaped object
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