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