De or het vraag?
de vraag
question, query
/vraːx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vraag
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vragen
- Diminutive
- het vraagje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vraag is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vragen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vraagje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vraag | deze vragen |
| that, those | die vraag | die vragen |
| which (the … that) | de vraag die … | de vragen die … |
| our | onze vraag | onze vragen |
Meaning in English
- question, query
- question, issue, problem
- interrogative, question (sentence form formulating a query)
- demand
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