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