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