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