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