De or het tunnel?
de tunnel
tunnel
/ˈtʏ.nəl/
Forms
- Singular
- de tunnel
- Plural
- de tunnels
- Diminutive
- het tunneltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de tunnel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tunnels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tunneltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tunnel | deze tunnels |
| that, those | die tunnel | die tunnels |
| which (the … that) | de tunnel die … | de tunnels die … |
| our | onze tunnel | onze tunnels |
Meaning in English
- tunnel
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