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