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