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