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De or het bij?

de bij

bee, insect of the clade Anthophila

/bɛi̯/

Article and plural

Singular
de bij
Plural (meervoud)
de bijen
Diminutive
het bijtje

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de bijen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het bijtje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze bijdeze bijen
that, thosedie bijdie bijen
which (the … that)de bij die …de bijen die …
ouronze bijonze bijen

Meaning in English

  1. bee, insect of the clade Anthophila

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