De or het kool?
de kool
coal
/koːl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kool
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kolen
- Diminutive
- het kooltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kool is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kolen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kooltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kool | deze kolen |
| that, those | die kool | die kolen |
| which (the … that) | de kool die … | de kolen die … |
| our | onze kool | onze kolen |
Meaning in English
- coal
- carbon
- a cabbage, plant of genus Brassica
- the edible leaves of a Brassica
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