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