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