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