De or het pokken?
de pokken
smallpox
/ˈpɔ.kə(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de pokken
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de pokken is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze pokken |
| that, those | die pokken |
| which (the … that) | de pokken die … |
| our | onze pokken |
Meaning in English
- smallpox
Remember pokken with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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