De or het chip?
de chip
a chip (one-piece circuit or hybrid device containing a circuit and
/tʃɪp/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de chip
- Plural (meervoud)
- de chips
- Diminutive
- het chipje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de chip is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de chips whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het chipje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze chip | deze chips |
| that, those | die chip | die chips |
| which (the … that) | de chip die … | de chips die … |
| our | onze chip | onze chips |
Meaning in English
- a chip (one-piece circuit or hybrid device containing a circuit and another device)
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