De or het metro?
de metro
an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway
/ˈmeː.troː/
Forms
- Singular
- de metro
- Plural
- de metro's
- Diminutive
- het metrootje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de metro is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de metro's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het metrootje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze metro | deze metro's |
| that, those | die metro | die metro's |
| which (the … that) | de metro die … | de metro's die … |
| our | onze metro | onze metro's |
Meaning in English
- an underground railway or underground-railway system, a subway, a metro
- an underground-railway train
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