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