De or het sub?
de sub
submarine, sub
Article and plural
- Singular
- de sub
- Plural (meervoud)
- de subs
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de sub is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de subs whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze sub | deze subs |
| that, those | die sub | die subs |
| which (the … that) | de sub die … | de subs die … |
| our | onze sub | onze subs |
Meaning in English
- submarine, sub
Remember sub with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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