De or het tank?
de tank
tank (storage reservoir)
/tɑŋk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de tank
- Plural (meervoud)
- de tanks
- Diminutive
- het tankje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tank is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tanks whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tankje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tank | deze tanks |
| that, those | die tank | die tanks |
| which (the … that) | de tank die … | de tanks die … |
| our | onze tank | onze tanks |
Meaning in English
- tank (storage reservoir)
- tank (armoured fighting vehicle with tracks and direct-fire gun)
- a muscular, physically imposing man
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