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