De or het steun?
de steun
support
/støːn/
Forms
- Singular
- de steun
- Plural
- de steunen
- Diminutive
- het steuntje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de steun is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de steunen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het steuntje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze steun | deze steunen |
| that, those | die steun | die steunen |
| which (the … that) | de steun die … | de steunen die … |
| our | onze steun | onze steunen |
Meaning in English
- support
- backup
- dole, unemployment benefit
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