De or het snee?
de snee
cut (an opening resulting from cutting)
/sneː/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de snee
- Plural (meervoud)
- de sneden
- Diminutive
- het sneetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de snee is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sneden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sneetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze snee | deze sneden |
| that, those | die snee | die sneden |
| which (the … that) | de snee die … | de sneden die … |
| our | onze snee | onze sneden |
Meaning in English
- cut (an opening resulting from cutting)
- slice (a piece cut off from a whole)
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