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