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