De or het kolonie?
de kolonie
colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory
/koːˈloː.ni/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kolonie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kolonies
- Diminutive
- het kolonietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kolonie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kolonies whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kolonietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kolonie | deze kolonies |
| that, those | die kolonie | die kolonies |
| which (the … that) | de kolonie die … | de kolonies die … |
| our | onze kolonie | onze kolonies |
Meaning in English
- colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory
- colony, a camp etc. where people are living together for certain purposes, usually specified, such as strafkolonie, vakantiekolonie (a charitable summer camp)
- colony, collective noun for various insects which nest and live together, such as ants
- colony, collective noun for various birds which nest close together, such as seagulls, penguins; siege of herons
- colony, collective noun for collective noun for various mammal species which nest and/or live close together, such as hedge for certain monkeys
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