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