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