De or het kop?
de kop
cup (for drinking)
/kɔp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kop
- Plural (meervoud)
- de koppen
- Diminutive
- het kopje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kop is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de koppen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kopje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kop | deze koppen |
| that, those | die kop | die koppen |
| which (the … that) | de kop die … | de koppen die … |
| our | onze kop | onze koppen |
Meaning in English
- cup (for drinking)
- a (male) human
- head of a nail, pin etc.
- front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control
- heading (of a text), headline
- heads (side of a coin)
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