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