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