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