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