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