De or het zone?
de zone
zone
/ˈzɔː.nə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de zone
- Plural (meervoud)
- de zonen
- Diminutive
- het zonetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de zone is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de zonen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het zonetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze zone | deze zonen |
| that, those | die zone | die zonen |
| which (the … that) | de zone die … | de zonen die … |
| our | onze zone | onze zonen |
Meaning in English
- zone
Remember zone with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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