De or het kring?
de kring
circle; round figure
/krɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kring
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kringen
- Diminutive
- het kringetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kring is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kringen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kringetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kring | deze kringen |
| that, those | die kring | die kringen |
| which (the … that) | de kring die … | de kringen die … |
| our | onze kring | onze kringen |
Meaning in English
- circle; round figure
- circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest)
- a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass
- the student organization of a university faculty
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