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