De or het smaak?
de smaak
taste, sense of taste
/smaːk/
Forms
- Singular
- de smaak
- Plural
- de smaken
- Diminutive
- het smaakje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de smaak is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de smaken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het smaakje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze smaak | deze smaken |
| that, those | die smaak | die smaken |
| which (the … that) | de smaak die … | de smaken die … |
| our | onze smaak | onze smaken |
Meaning in English
- taste, sense of taste
- taste, decorum
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