De or het kaart?
de kaart
map (of an area)
/kaːrt/
Forms
- Singular
- de kaart
- Plural
- de kaarten
- Diminutive
- het kaartje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kaart is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kaarten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kaartje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kaart | deze kaarten |
| that, those | die kaart | die kaarten |
| which (the … that) | de kaart die … | de kaarten die … |
| our | onze kaart | onze kaarten |
Meaning in English
- map (of an area)
- postcard
- playing card
- menu (of a restaurant)
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