De or het staat?
de staat
state (political entity)
/staːt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de staat
- Plural (meervoud)
- de staten
- Diminutive
- het staatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de staat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de staten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het staatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze staat | deze staten |
| that, those | die staat | die staten |
| which (the … that) | de staat die … | de staten die … |
| our | onze staat | onze staten |
Meaning in English
- state (political entity)
- state, condition, status
- table, list, chart
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