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