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