De or het auto?
de auto
car, automobile
/ˈɑu̯.toː/
Forms
- Singular
- de auto
- Plural
- de auto's
- Diminutive
- het autootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de auto is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de auto's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het autootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze auto | deze auto's |
| that, those | die auto | die auto's |
| which (the … that) | de auto die … | de auto's die … |
| our | onze auto | onze auto's |
Meaning in English
- car, automobile
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