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