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