De or het raaf?
de raaf
raven (Corvus corax)
/raːf/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de raaf
- Plural (meervoud)
- de raven
- Diminutive
- het raafje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de raaf is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de raven whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het raafje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze raaf | deze raven |
| that, those | die raaf | die raven |
| which (the … that) | de raaf die … | de raven die … |
| our | onze raaf | onze raven |
Meaning in English
- raven (Corvus corax)
- A raven, term used for certain other large birds of the genus Corvus.
- synonym of ara (“macaw”)
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