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