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