De or het buik?
de buik
belly
/bœy̯k/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de buik
- Plural (meervoud)
- de buiken
- Diminutive
- het buikje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de buik is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de buiken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het buikje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze buik | deze buiken |
| that, those | die buik | die buiken |
| which (the … that) | de buik die … | de buiken die … |
| our | onze buik | onze buiken |
Meaning in English
- belly
- paunch (referring euphemistically to a protrusive belly)
- the lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates
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