De or het trap?
de trap
stairs, staircase
/trɑp/
Forms
- Singular
- de trap
- Plural
- de trappen
- Diminutive
- het trapje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de trap is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de trappen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het trapje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze trap | deze trappen |
| that, those | die trap | die trappen |
| which (the … that) | de trap die … | de trappen die … |
| our | onze trap | onze trappen |
Meaning in English
- stairs, staircase
- ladder
- degree, grade
- kick (act of kicking)
- bustard (bird of the order Otidiformes)
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