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