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