De or het drug?
de drug
a recreational drug, psychoactive substance
/drʏk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de drug
- Plural (meervoud)
- de drugs
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de drug is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de drugs 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 drug | deze drugs |
| that, those | die drug | die drugs |
| which (the … that) | de drug die … | de drugs die … |
| our | onze drug | onze drugs |
Meaning in English
- a recreational drug, psychoactive substance, especially when illegal and addictive
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