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