De or het maat?
de maat
measure, size
/maːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de maat
- Plural (meervoud)
- de maten
- Diminutive
- het maatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de maat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de maten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het maatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze maat | deze maten |
| that, those | die maat | die maten |
| which (the … that) | de maat die … | de maten die … |
| our | onze maat | onze maten |
Meaning in English
- measure, size
- measure, bar
- rhythm, beat
- mate, buddy
- colleague, shipmate etc.
- low sailor rank
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