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