De or het ton?
de ton
barrel
/tɔn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ton
- Plural (meervoud)
- de tonnen
- Diminutive
- het tonnetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de ton is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tonnen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tonnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ton | deze tonnen |
| that, those | die ton | die tonnen |
| which (the … that) | de ton die … | de tonnen die … |
| our | onze ton | onze tonnen |
Meaning in English
- barrel
- ton (1000 kilograms)
- 100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guilders
- a large amount
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