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