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