De or het wagon?
de wagon
a train car, a wagon (railway carriage
/ʋaːˈɣɔn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de wagon
- Plural (meervoud)
- de wagons
- Diminutive
- het wagonnetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de wagon is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wagons whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het wagonnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze wagon | deze wagons |
| that, those | die wagon | die wagons |
| which (the … that) | de wagon die … | de wagons die … |
| our | onze wagon | onze wagons |
Meaning in English
- a train car, a wagon (railway carriage, a nonpowered unit in a railroad train)
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