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