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