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