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