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