De or het garage?
de garage
a garage (repair shop for motorized vehicles)
/ˌɣaːˈraː.ʒə/
Forms
- Singular
- de garage
- Plural
- de garages
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de garage is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de garages whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze garage | deze garages |
| that, those | die garage | die garages |
| which (the … that) | de garage die … | de garages die … |
| our | onze garage | onze garages |
Meaning in English
- a garage (repair shop for motorized vehicles)
- a garage (building or room for storing and modifying motorized vehicles)
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