De or het tas?
de tas
bag
/tɑs/
Forms
- Singular
- de tas
- Plural
- de tassen
- Diminutive
- het tasje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tas is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tassen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tasje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tas | deze tassen |
| that, those | die tas | die tassen |
| which (the … that) | de tas die … | de tassen die … |
| our | onze tas | onze tassen |
Meaning in English
- bag
- cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)
- heap
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