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