De or het bubbel?
de bubbel
a bubble (spheric volume of air or another gas)
/ˈbʏ.bəl/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bubbel
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bubbels
- Diminutive
- het bubbeltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bubbel is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bubbels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bubbeltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bubbel | deze bubbels |
| that, those | die bubbel | die bubbels |
| which (the … that) | de bubbel die … | de bubbels die … |
| our | onze bubbel | onze bubbels |
Meaning in English
- a bubble (spheric volume of air or another gas)
- a bubble, (a period of) economic activity depending on speculation or embezzlement
- an unknowingly socially divergent and isolated clique
- a bubble (relatively isolated group of people who limited their social contacts largely to each other, e.g. to prevent infection during a pandemic)
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