De or het vloer?
de vloer
a floor
/vlur/
Forms
- Singular
- de vloer
- Plural
- de vloeren
- Diminutive
- het vloertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de vloer is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vloeren whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vloertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vloer | deze vloeren |
| that, those | die vloer | die vloeren |
| which (the … that) | de vloer die … | de vloeren die … |
| our | onze vloer | onze vloeren |
Meaning in English
- a floor
- any ground, surface
- the bottom, lowest level
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