De or het tafel?
de tafel
table (item of furniture)
/ˈtaːfəl/
Forms
- Singular
- de tafel
- Plural
- de tafels
- Diminutive
- het tafeltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tafel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tafels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tafeltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tafel | deze tafels |
| that, those | die tafel | die tafels |
| which (the … that) | de tafel die … | de tafels die … |
| our | onze tafel | onze tafels |
Meaning in English
- table (item of furniture)
- meal, spread on (a) table(s)
- multiplication table
- writing tablet
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