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