De or het bus?
de bus
bus, omnibus (vehicle)
/bʏs/
Forms
- Singular
- de bus
- Plural
- de bussen
- Diminutive
- het busje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bus is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bussen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het busje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bus | deze bussen |
| that, those | die bus | die bussen |
| which (the … that) | de bus die … | de bussen die … |
| our | onze bus | onze bussen |
Meaning in English
- bus, omnibus (vehicle)
- a container, a box, a tin
- a bushing
- one of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns
- a voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s
- minibus, minivan
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