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