De or het slak?
de slak
snail, slug (any gastropod)
/slɑk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de slak
- Plural (meervoud)
- de slakken
- Diminutive
- het slakje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de slak is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de slakken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het slakje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze slak | deze slakken |
| that, those | die slak | die slakken |
| which (the … that) | de slak die … | de slakken die … |
| our | onze slak | onze slakken |
Meaning in English
- snail, slug (any gastropod)
- slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)
- hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels
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