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