De or het sport?
de sport
a sport; (uncountable) sports
/spɔrt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de sport
- Plural (meervoud)
- de sporten
- Diminutive
- het sportje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de sport is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sporten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sportje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze sport | deze sporten |
| that, those | die sport | die sporten |
| which (the … that) | de sport die … | de sporten die … |
| our | onze sport | onze sporten |
Meaning in English
- a sport; (uncountable) sports
- rung, step on a ladder
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