De or het allergie?
de allergie
allergy (disorder of the immune system)
/ˌɑlɛrˈɣi/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de allergie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de allergieën
- Diminutive
- het allergietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de allergie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de allergieën whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het allergietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze allergie | deze allergieën |
| that, those | die allergie | die allergieën |
| which (the … that) | de allergie die … | de allergieën die … |
| our | onze allergie | onze allergieën |
Meaning in English
- allergy (disorder of the immune system)
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