De or het griep?
de griep
influenza, flu
/ɣrip/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de griep
- Diminutive
- het griepje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de griep is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het griepje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | deze griep |
| that, those | die griep |
| which (the … that) | de griep die … |
| our | onze griep |
Meaning in English
- influenza, flu
Remember griep with Spreek
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