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