de / het / 't

(the)

een, 'n - 2

(a, an)

één

(one)

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The plural of pad - 2 ('path') has a vowel change, from 'short' to 'long' A: paden - 2 - likewise, the diminutive paadje has a 'long' A.
Pad can also mean 'toad' - I haven't seen one in years - but for that less common meaning the plural keeps the A 'short:' padden - 2.
Lantarenpaal is literally only the 'street light pole,' but it is often used for that street light itself, which is straatlantaren ('street light,') also written as straatlantaarn.
Weg ('way, road') also has a vowel lengthening for its plural: wegen - 2.
- but don't worry, there are not many irregular plurals. They are mostly found in very common old words.
Weg as an adverb means 'away, gone, lost.'
We gaan weg ("We're going away." i.e. "We're leaving.")
weggaan ('to leave') - >> (verbs)
De pont is al weg. ('The ferry has already left, is already gone.')
De sleutel is weg. 2 - ('The key is gone, lost.')
The AU in auto ('car') is French. Some people say the word with a Dutch AU: auto but I think that sounds awful.
Dutch garage ('garage') is also the shop where you have our car repaired.
Several Dutch car words are from French, because French was still the international language in the early days of the automobile.
The second 'road' picture is by Siem & Monique Sipma