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