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