De or het kudde?
de kudde
herd; collective noun for cows, (koeien), horses (paarden)
/ˈkʏdə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kudde
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kuddes
- Diminutive
- het kuddetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kudde is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kuddes whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kuddetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kudde | deze kuddes |
| that, those | die kudde | die kuddes |
| which (the … that) | de kudde die … | de kuddes die … |
| our | onze kudde | onze kuddes |
Meaning in English
- herd; collective noun for cows, (koeien), horses (paarden), elephants (olifanten) or camels (kamelen)
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