De or het deeg?
het deeg
dough
/deːx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het deeg
- Diminutive
- het deegje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het deeg is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het deegje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit deeg |
| that, those | dat deeg |
| which (the … that) | het deeg dat … |
| our | ons deeg |
Meaning in English
- dough
Remember deeg with Spreek
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