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