De or het war?
de war
confusion, disarray
/ʋɑr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de war
- Plural (meervoud)
- de warren
- Diminutive
- het warretje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de war is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de warren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het warretje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze war | deze warren |
| that, those | die war | die warren |
| which (the … that) | de war die … | de warren die … |
| our | onze war | onze warren |
Meaning in English
- confusion, disarray
- tangle, mess
- an elevated area on the floor of a body of water, a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish, where nets and fykes could be installed
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