De or het brug?
de brug
bridge (construction)
/brʏx/
Forms
- Singular
- de brug
- Plural
- de bruggen
- Diminutive
- het bruggetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de brug is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bruggen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bruggetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze brug | deze bruggen |
| that, those | die brug | die bruggen |
| which (the … that) | de brug die … | de bruggen die … |
| our | onze brug | onze bruggen |
Meaning in English
- bridge (construction)
- bridge (dental prosthesis)
- a substantive connection in a discourse allowing one to move from one subject to another
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