De or het straat?
de straat
street, paved way
/straːt/
Forms
- Singular
- de straat
- Plural
- de straten
- Diminutive
- het straatje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de straat is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de straten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het straatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze straat | deze straten |
| that, those | die straat | die straten |
| which (the … that) | de straat die … | de straten die … |
| our | onze straat | onze straten |
Meaning in English
- street, paved way
- channel, strait
- straight
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