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