De or het familie?
de familie
relatives (extended kin)
/faːˈmi.li/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de familie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de families
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de familie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de families 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 familie | deze families |
| that, those | die familie | die families |
| which (the … that) | de familie die … | de families die … |
| our | onze familie | onze families |
Meaning in English
- relatives (extended kin)
- family (close kin)
- family
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