De or het bug?
de bug
a bug (a software problem)
/bʏɡ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bug
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bugs
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de bug is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bugs whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bug | deze bugs |
| that, those | die bug | die bugs |
| which (the … that) | de bug die … | de bugs die … |
| our | onze bug | onze bugs |
Meaning in English
- a bug (a software problem)
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