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