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