De or het groente?
de groente
vegetables
/ˈɣrun.tə/
Forms
- Singular
- de groente
- Plural
- de groenten
- Diminutive
- het groentje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de groente is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de groenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het groentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze groente | deze groenten |
| that, those | die groente | die groenten |
| which (the … that) | de groente die … | de groenten die … |
| our | onze groente | onze groenten |
Meaning in English
- vegetables
- a (type of) vegetable
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