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