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