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