De or het tuin?
de tuin
a garden, yard
/tœy̯n/
Forms
- Singular
- de tuin
- Plural
- de tuinen
- Diminutive
- het tuintje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tuin is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tuinen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tuintje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tuin | deze tuinen |
| that, those | die tuin | die tuinen |
| which (the … that) | de tuin die … | de tuinen die … |
| our | onze tuin | onze tuinen |
Meaning in English
- a garden, yard
- an enclosure, fence or hedge
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