De or het sleutel?
de sleutel
a key
/ˈsløː.təl/
Forms
- Singular
- de sleutel
- Plural
- de sleutels
- Diminutive
- het sleuteltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de sleutel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sleutels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het sleuteltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze sleutel | deze sleutels |
| that, those | die sleutel | die sleutels |
| which (the … that) | de sleutel die … | de sleutels die … |
| our | onze sleutel | onze sleutels |
Meaning in English
- a key
- a wrench, a spanner
- a clef
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