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