De or het kast?
de kast
cupboard, closet, wardrobe
/kɑst/
Forms
- Singular
- de kast
- Plural
- de kasten
- Diminutive
- het kastje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de kast is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kasten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kastje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kast | deze kasten |
| that, those | die kast | die kasten |
| which (the … that) | de kast die … | de kasten die … |
| our | onze kast | onze kasten |
Meaning in English
- cupboard, closet, wardrobe
Remember kast with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)