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