De or het tram?
de tram
a tram, a streetcar, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in
/trɛm/
Forms
- Singular
- de tram
- Plural
- de trams
- Diminutive
- het trammetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tram is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de trams whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het trammetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tram | deze trams |
| that, those | die tram | die trams |
| which (the … that) | de tram die … | de trams die … |
| our | onze tram | onze trams |
Meaning in English
- a tram, a streetcar, vehicle on rails for passenger transport in cities
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