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het telwoord

het meervoud

de kantine

definite plural forms always get the article de, if it is indefinite then you use no article at all

het tijdschrift

de tekening

if short vowel is followed by consonant at end of word the consonant needs to be doubled to when adding -en to preserve the short vowel sound eg - kat - katten

de boodschap

de jas

de tas

de kus

if long double vowel is followed by consonant at end of word you remove one of the vowels when adding -en for plural eg - verhaal - verhalen

het verhaal

de tomaat

de boom

de schaar

if word has double vowel followed by two consonants at end of word you don't remove a vowel when adding -en eg - taart - taarten

ONLY WITH LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS - if a noun ends in s or f the letters are changed to z and v when making the noun plural with -en eg - brief - brieven

de raaf

de dief

de roos

words are made plural with -s if they end in e, ie, or an unstressed ending of el, em, en, er

de courgette

de regel

het teken
's is used to make plural words that end in long vowel eg auto - auto's

's is used to make plural words that end in long vowel eg auto - auto's

's comes after words that end in a, i, o, u, y

de paraplu

de persoon

de personen

de mand